AGO Investigates Palm Oil Export Manipulation Case for a Month Using Purbaya's Report

Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, Director of Special Investigations at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), revealed that the investigation into alleged palm oil export manipulation has been ongoing for about a month.

He stated that the AGO is using data from Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa and has summoned several witnesses.

“This case involving manipulation or transfer pricing is currently under investigation—approximately a month or so,” he told journalists in Jakarta on Tuesday, 26 June 2026.

“The data from the Finance Minister supplements our existing information. (How many witnesses have been interviewed?) A few. We will report back later,” Syarief added.

Syarief also indicated that the investigation could extend to other companies beyond the palm oil sector.

“Can other sectors be included? Yes. It’s still a general investigation,” he said.

Previously, Finance Minister Purbaya stated that he had coordinated with Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin regarding indications of wrongdoing by 10 companies.

He added that findings had been submitted to the AGO and the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) for further investigation, and he is awaiting their results.

“The data reported is the starting point for their investigation. BPKP and the AGO have moved forward; I’m waiting for updates, possibly next week,” Purbaya said when met by journalists at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Friday, 22 May 2026.

“It’s clear there’s price manipulation. If I call it smuggling, or the more technical term ‘under-invoicing’, the basics are cheating. They’re manipulating, possibly through transfer pricing,” he concluded.