Attorney General's Office Seizes Documents Following Search of Ombudsman Office in Cooking Oil Export Corruption Case
Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has seized several pieces of evidence following searches at the Ombudsman’s office and the residence of Commissioner Yeka Hendra Fatika (YH) regarding charges of obstruction of investigation in the cooking oil (migor) export corruption case.
Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, Director of Investigation for the Attorney General’s Special Crimes Division, stated that investigators conducted searches at YH’s residence in the Cibubur area of East Jakarta. “If I’m not mistaken, it’s in the Cibubur area,” he said when contacted via text message on Tuesday, 10 March.
Syarief explained that from the searches at the two locations, investigators seized documents and electronic evidence allegedly connected to the case. “There are documents and electronic evidence,” he stated.
Separately, Anang Supriatna, Head of the Attorney General’s Legal Information Centre, stated that the search of the Ombudsman’s office and officials was related to Article 21, which concerns obstruction of investigation and prosecution in the cooking oil case. The convicted parties in this matter include Marcella Santoso, Wilmar Group corporation, Permata Hijau Group corporation, and Musim Mas Group corporation.
Anang stated that the search was also related to civil lawsuits filed by three convicted corporations to the Administrative Court (PTUN). The Ombudsman is allegedly suspected of providing recommendations for those civil lawsuits. “They are charged under Article 21 for obstruction of investigation and prosecution in the cooking oil matter, which resulted in an acquittal decision,” Anang said.
Previously, Public Prosecutors revealed collusion between lawyers and judges, along with a commitment of USD 2.5 million (approximately IDR 40 billion) to secure acquittals for the three corporations—PT Permata Hijau Group, PT Wilmar Group, and PT Musim Mas Group—in the corruption case involving the export of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives for the period January-April 2022.