Forest area task force recovers Rp371 trillion in state assets
“We have secured state assets amounting to Rp371,100,411,043,235,” said Attorney General ST Burhanuddin, who serves as the First Deputy Chair of the PKH Task Force Steering Committee.
He made the remarks during an event at the Attorney General’s Office complex in Jakarta on Friday, marking the sixth phase of administrative fine handover, the recovery of state assets, and the reclamation of forest areas.
During his presentation, a screen display showed that the total amount was handed over in six separate collections. The breakdown is as follows:
First phase: Rp13,255,244,538,149, recovered on October 20, 2025, in connection with a corruption case involving crude palm oil (CPO) export facilities and derivatives.
Second phase: Rp6,625,294,190,469, recovered on December 24, 2025, from forest area administrative fines and non-tax state revenue related to corruption cases.
Third phase: Rp11,420,104,815,858, recovered on April 10, 2026, from forest area administrative fines and non-tax state revenue related to corruption cases.
Fourth phase: Rp2,306,292,710,054, sourced from land and building tax and 2025 non-tax state revenue, as well as Rp453,928,316,611 from PT Agrinas Palma Nusantara’s tax payments for the period ending December 31, 2025.
Fifth phase: Rp1,000,000,000,000, recovered from an escrow account containing proceeds from the management of evidence in the PT Duta Palma case.
Sixth phase: Rp336,039,546,472,094, representing the estimated value of 5,888,233.57 hectares of reclaimed forest areas (valued at Rp57,106,648.83 per hectare).
Burhanuddin explained that the forest land was recovered from both the palm oil and mining sectors.
He detailed that since February 2025, the task force has successfully reclaimed 5,888,260.07 hectares of forest from the palm oil sector. Meanwhile, in the mining sector, the secured forest area stood at 10,297.22 hectares.
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Translator: Nadia Putri, Raka Adji