DPR Commission III urges the Attorney General's Office to thoroughly investigate the CPO export case

Jakarta 4ac340 Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Ahmad Sahroni, has urged the Attorney General’s Office to thoroughly investigate allegations of corruption and irregularities in the export of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivative products in 2022-2024, following raids on multiple sites in Sumatra. According to him, whoever masterminds the case must be ‘cleaned out’. He also urged the prosecutors to handle the case without selectivity, in order to protect the public. This is in line with President Prabowo’s directives. So do not be weak or show bias. For that, he supports firm steps by the Attorney General’s Office. The case not only causes material losses to the state but also environmental damage that is directly felt by the public. The public must not be the victims. Crimes in the palm oil sector cannot be viewed as administrative violations alone. If corruption has occurred in waste management, it could damage the ecosystem and affect the future. The state must be present and firm against corporations abusing power or seeking profits by harming the environment. These kinds of cases are among the main drivers of disasters. Earlier, the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) again raided dozens of locations in Riau and Medan related to suspected corruption involving irregularities in the export of CPO and its derivatives for 2022-2024. ‘Almost two weeks now or more than a week, we have conducted raids at dozens of locations in Riau and Medan,’ said Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, the Director of Investigations at the Jampidsus, at a press briefing at the Penkum Building, Kejagung, Jakarta, on Monday (2/3). He said from the raids, investigators are in the process of seizing assets belonging to suspects that have already been secured.