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AGO probes PT Darmex Plantations over corruption money laundering allegations

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The Attorney General’s Office is investigating palm oil producer PT Darmex Plantations over corruption and money laundering allegations inflicted on giant oil palm plantation and palm oil producer PT Duta Palma Group’s business activities in Indragiri Hulu regency, Riau.

Established in 1987, Darmex is one of the largest palm oil cultivation, production, exporting groups in Indonesia. Its plantations and factories are spread across several districts in West Kalimantan, Riau and Jambi provinces. With a total of eight palm oil mills in Pekanbaru, Jambi and Kalimantan, the total produc

tion of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) is around 36,000 Mt every month. Most of the products are being reprocessed in refineries to make other derivatives such as cooking oil, soap noodles, RBD palm stearin and Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD).

Since its inception, the company has grown rapidly in acquiring land for oil palm cultivation, establishing factories and refineries to meet the extraordinary world demand for commodities.

“The Attorney General’s Office is investigating TTG as President Director of PT Darmex Plantations,” AGO spokesman Harli Siregar said in a statement, Thursday, October 3, 2024. In addition, the corruption and money laundering crimes also involved a number of companies under PT Duta Palma Group.

The companies are PT Palma Satu, PT Siberida Subur, PT Banyu Bening Utama, PT Panca Agro Lestari, PT Kencana Amal Tani, PT Asset Pacific, and PT Darmex Plantations. “This examination was carried out to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing of the ongoing case,” Harli said.

Previously, AGO had also confiscated Rp372 billion (US$23.5 million) and Rp450 billion related to the PT Duta Palma Group case. The AGO also continues to develop the investigation in the case involving Duta Palma Group boss Surya Darmadi and Raja Tamsir Rahman, former Regent of Indragiri Hulu.

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