Attorney General's Office Names Former Ombudsman Member Yeka Hendra Fatika as Suspect

JAKARTA — The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has named former Ombudsman of Indonesia member Yeka Hendra Fatika as a suspect in a case involving alleged obstruction of prosecution in the corruption case concerning the provision of export facilities for crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives in 2022.

Director of Investigation for the Attorney General’s Office for Special Crimes (Dirdik Jampidsus) Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi said the suspect designation followed the discovery of several pieces of evidence.

“Investigative team has named Yeka Hendra Fatika, a member of the Ombudsman of Indonesia from 2021 to 2026, as a suspect in this case,” Syarief said at the Attorney General’s Office building in Jakarta on Monday (25 May 2026) evening.

Kejagung believes Yeka played a role in drafting the Ombudsman of Indonesia’s Examination Result Report (LHP), which was later used as the basis for a lawsuit against the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag).

Syarief explained that in February 2022, during the cooking oil shortage, Yeka initiated an Ombudsman investigation into the provision and price stabilisation of cooking oil.

However, investigators suspect Yeka altered the substance of the report.

“Mr YHF altered the Ombudsman’s information report from one concerning the cooking oil shortage to the revocation of the Domestic Market Obligation (DMO) for export interests in an unlawful manner,” Syarief said.

However, Syarief stated that the DMO policy is actually one of the bases for alleged illegal acts in the cooking oil corruption case currently handled by Kejagung.

“The LHP was used to sue Kemendag via the Administrative Court (PTUN) and civil proceedings. After obtaining PTUN and civil court rulings, it was used in the defence pleas to acquit or dismiss the cases of three corporations,” he said.

Syarief said the Ombudsman of Indonesia’s Report No. 418 dated 15 August 2022, which is suspected to have been prepared unlawfully, should only have been provided to Kemendag as the defendant.

However, the document is suspected to have been given to other parties, including corporate legal teams, and subsequently used as the basis for lawsuits.