AGO Recovers Rp 379 Trillion, Pursues Rp 40.3 Trillion in Forest Fines
The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has announced the recovery of Rp 379 trillion (approximately £18.5 billion) through the enforcement of forest area regulations, with a further Rp 40.3 trillion in administrative fines still being pursued from companies.
This was conveyed by the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, during a press conference on priority programmes and state asset recovery in Jakarta on Wednesday (24/6/2026).
Febrie stated that the Forest Area Enforcement Task Force (Satgas PKH) has successfully reclaimed 5,888,233.57 hectares of forest area from palm oil plantations and 13,634.08 hectares from the mining sector.
“From the implementation of this enforcement, the recorded recovery of state funds and assets totals Rp 379,279,638,971,947,” Febrie said in his presentation.
He explained that the figure is an accumulation of confiscated state assets, restitution payments in corruption cases, and the collection of administrative fines by the task force, non-tax state revenue (PNBP), tax payments, land and building taxes, non-land and building taxes, and environmental fines. The total also includes the value of assets from the reclaimed forest areas.
The breakdown of the surrendered funds and assets is as follows:
Confiscated state assets in the tin commodity trading case handed over to PT Timah Tbk, with a total asset value of Rp 1.4 trillion.
Restitution payments in the corruption case related to the provision of crude palm oil (CPO) export facilities by corporate defendants Wilmar Group, Musim Mas Group, and Permata Hijau Group, totalling Rp 13,255,240,538,149.
Payment of administrative fines and state financial recovery on 24 December 2025, amounting to Rp 6,625,294,194,469.
Payment to the state treasury on 10 April 2026, totalling Rp 11,420,104,815,858.
Payment to the state treasury on 10 April 2026, totalling Rp 10,275,051,886,464.
Assets from the reclamation of 5,888,233.57 hectares of forest area, valued at Rp 336.2 trillion.
Potential administrative fine payments from the palm oil sector task force, with total fines reaching Rp 21.9 trillion imposed on 134 companies.
“Of this amount, Rp 11.4 trillion has been paid by 92 companies, leaving a potential remaining payment of Rp 10.5 trillion,” he stated.
In the mining sector, total fines amount to Rp 32.6 trillion against 104 companies. Of this, Rp 2.8 trillion has been paid by 53 companies, leaving a remaining potential of Rp 29.8 trillion.
“Thus, the overall total value of administrative fines in the palm oil plantation and mining sectors reaches Rp 54.6 trillion, with realised payments of Rp 14.2 trillion and a remaining potential payment of Rp 40.3 trillion,” he said.
Febrie also highlighted a shift in the AGO’s enforcement paradigm. He said the office is no longer solely focused on investigating cases that cause state financial losses. The AGO is now targeting cases affecting the public’s basic needs and strategic sectors, including food, energy, water, the creative economy, the green economy, and the blue economy.
“Corruption in these sectors is not merely a legal violation, but a direct threat to the basic rights of the people, economic resilience, and the sustainability of national development,” Febrie asserted.
He explained that while enforcement initially focused on recovering state financial losses, the AGO is now striving for maximum recovery of state economic losses.
“The enforcement paradigm has also shifted from being predominantly focused on recovering state financial losses to now also calculating how to comprehensively recover state economic losses,” he said.
He cited the Duta Palma case as an example, noting that the case did not just involve the loss of state money but also caused economic, environmental, natural resource, and social burdens.
Febrie also pointed to the Jakarta High Court’s ruling that sentenced oil governance corruption defendant Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza to pay restitution of Rp 13.4 trillion. He said this amount is part of the state economic losses caused by the corruption case.
“When state financial or economic losses have occurred, the state has effectively lost twice. The first defeat is our failure to prevent corruption, which resulted in significant consequences, and we also failed to build good governance,” he said. “The second defeat is the challenge of finding, securing, rescuing, and returning the proceeds of crime to the state.”