February 11, 2026 | 08:36 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named 11 suspects in an alleged corruption case involving crude palm oil (CPO) exports, which the perpetrators claimed were palm oil mill effluent (POME) during the 2022–2024 period. Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, Director of Investigation at the Attorney General's Office for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), stated that the suspects were named after the investigation team obtained sufficient evidence.
"There are 11 suspects," Syarief stated at the Attorney General's Office's Pidsus Building on Tuesday evening, February 10, 2026. The 11 suspects consist of three state officials and eight private parties.
The three state officials are Fadjar Donny Thahjadi, former Technical Director of Customs at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC); Lila Harsyah Bakhtiar, Head of the Non-Food Plantation Products Industry Sub-Directorate and Policy Analyst and Associate Expert Industry Supervisor at the Directorate of Forest Products Industry at the Ministry of Industry; and Muhammad Zulfikar, Head of the Counseling and Information Services Section of the Pekanbaru KPBC.
From the private sector, the Attorney General's Office has named the Directors of PT SMP, PT SMA, and PT SMS with the initials ES; the Director of PT BMM with the initials ERW; the President Director of PT AP and Head of Commerce of PT AP with the initials FLX; the Director of PT TAJ with the initials RND; the Director of PT TEO and shareholder of PT Green Product International with the initials TNY; the Director of PT Surya Inti Primakarya with the initials VNR; the Director of PT CKK with the initials RBN; and the President Director of PT MAS and Commissioner of PT SBP with the initials YSR.
Investigators have charged the suspects under Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letters a and c of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 18 of the Law on the Eradication of Corruption. As a subsidiary charge, investigators applied Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 618 in conjunction with Article 20 letters a and c of the Criminal Code.
Previously, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) searched several locations, including several money changers in shopping centers in Jakarta. During these searches, investigators from the Special Crimes Unit (Jampidsus) seized a sum of Singapore dollars.
Based on the investigation, several Customs officials exchanged money at the money changers. The money is suspected to have originated from the proceeds of crime by several companies. The Customs officials exchanged money without using identity cards (KTP), either directly or through intermediaries. The Attorney General's Office identified these acts through electronic evidence.
Special Crimes Unit investigators also searched the home of the Head of Goods Classification Section I, Sofian Manahara, on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Investigators confiscated a cell phone and a laptop from the house. Investigators also searched the residence of suspect R. Fadjar Donny Tjahjadi. They also searched the Central Customs Office in Rawamangun, East Jakarta; the Surabaya Customs and Excise Laboratory (BLBC); the Bali-Nusa Tenggara Regional Customs Office; and the Medan BLBC Office.
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