Attorney General's Office seizes documents in search of Indonesian Ombudsman office
Jakarta — Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) seized documentary evidence and electronic evidence during searches conducted at the Indonesian Ombudsman’s office and the residence of Ombudsman member Yeka Hendra Fatika on Monday, 9 March.
“There are documents and electronic evidence,” said Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, Director of Investigation at the Special Crimes Division of the Attorney General’s Office, in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He also disclosed that Yeka Hendra’s residence, which was searched, is located in Cibubur.
Previously, Anang Supriatna, Head of the Attorney General’s Office Legal Information Centre, stated that the searches related to a case of alleged obstruction of justice and prosecution in a cooking oil matter.
The case involves Marcella Santoso, a convicted lawyer, and three corporations: Wilmar Group, Permata Hijau Group, and Musim Mas Group.
Additionally, it concerns a civil lawsuit filed by these three corporations with the State Administrative Court (PTUN). The Indonesian Ombudsman is suspected of issuing a recommendation to strengthen the lawsuit.
Marcella Santoso was found to have offered bribes to influence the acquittal ruling in a corruption case involving the provision of export facilities for crude palm oil (CPO) and committed money laundering offences in 2025.
She was found to have provided bribes to judges handling the CPO case totalling 4 million US dollars, equivalent to 60 billion rupiah, and engaged in money laundering activities worth 2 million US dollars in the case, each carried out jointly with lawyer Ariyanto.
In the bribery case, she and Ariyanto, along with Wahyu Gunawan, a junior civil registrar at the North Jakarta District Court, acted as intermediaries for the Wilmar team in delivering bribes to Muhammad Arif Nuryanta, then Deputy Chief of the Central Jakarta District Court.
Arif subsequently distributed the bribes to three judges serving on the panel in the CPO case — Djuyamto, Agam Syarif Baharuddin, and Ali Muhtarom — with the aim of facilitating an acquittal ruling for the three corporations.