5 Subsidiary Companies Become Corruption Case Defendants in Wilmar Group, Causing the State's Loss Up to IDR 7.3 Trillion, the Largest

The Shiro Corporation There are five subsidiary companies of PT Wilmar Group that have been designated as corporate defendants in the CPO export corruption case.

Among those five companies, there is one that has the most detrimental value, causing losses of up to Rp7.3 trillion to the country.

The Supreme Prosecutors Office (Kejagung) has seized funds amounting to Rp11.8 trillion related to a corruption case involving the provision of export facilities for crude palm oil (CPO) to PT Wilmar Group in 2022.

Attorney General's Office Prosecution Director Sutikno said that the seized money was based on an audit conducted by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) as well as a study from the Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University (FEB UGM).

5 companies become defendants in the CPO case of the Wilmar Group

So what are the five companies then?

The fifth subsidiaries are PT Multimas Nabati Asahan, PT Multi Nabati Sulawesi, PT Sinar Alam Permai, PT Wilmar Bio Energi Indonesia, PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia.

Sutikno said that in the CPO export case there were three types of national losses.

"There are national losses in three forms, namely state financial loss, illegal gain, and national economic loss, totaling Rp11,880,351,802,619," said the Director of Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Sutikno, in a press conference at the Prosecutors' Office Building, quoting from Tribunnews, Tuesday (6/17/2025) in Jakarta.

Sutikno also provided details regarding the national losses amounting to tens of trillions of rupiah.

He said that PT Multi Mas Nabati Asahan caused a loss to the state amounting to IDR 3,997,042,917,832.42 (IDR 3.9 trillion).

Next, PT Multi Nabati Sulawesi caused losses amounting to IDR 39,756,429,964.94 (IDR 39.7 billion).

PT Sinar Alam Permai caused the state to lose a sum of IDR 483,961,045,417.33 (IDR 483.9 billion). Subsequently, PT Wilmar Bio Energi Indonesia resulted in a loss to the state amounting to IDR 57,303,038,077.64 (IDR 57.3 billion).

The last one is PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, which caused a loss to the state of IDR 7,302,288,371,326.78 (IDR 7.3 trillion).

"That in its development, the five corporate defendants returned a portion of the state losses caused, totaling all as follows: Rp11,880,351,802,619, which had occurred," said Sutikno.

Sutikno revealed that the money is now stored in a trust account (RPL) belonging to the Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Prosecution at the Attorney General's Office at Bank Mandiri.

Meanwhile, the seizure of compensation money to the state based on permission from the Chief of the Central Jakarta District Court (PN) No. 40/Pid.Sus-TPK/2025/PN Jakpus.

The seizure is also in accordance with Article 39 paragraph 1 letter a juncto Article 38 of the Criminal Procedure Code because it was used for appeal at the cassation level.

Meanwhile, five corporate defendants are charged under Article 2 paragraph 1 and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law No. 31 Year 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law No. 20 Year 2001 concerning the Amendment to Law No. 31 Year 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 sub-paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.

The Wilmar Group is embroiled in a scandal

As information, the Wilmar Group became one of the corporations involved in the alleged bribery case related to the CPO case acquittals or releases.

In this case, the Attorney General's Office has named four judges, one clerk, two lawyers, and one private party as suspects.

From the judge, there is Djuyamto, Agam Syarief Baharudin, and Ali Muhtarom, and Muhammad Arif Nuryanta.

Next, there are also corporate lawyers Marcella Santoso and Ariyanto Bakri.

Subsequently, the Corruption Eradication Commission also designated a suspect from the corporate side, namely Muhammad Syafei, the Head of Social Security and License at Wilmar Group.

The recovery of the most money

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office said that the seizure of 11,880,351,802,619 IDR from five corporations under the Wilmar Group in relation to this corruption case involving crude palm oil (CPO) exports is the largest seizure in the history of Indonesia.

"Perhaps, today is the press conference regarding the seizure of money, in its history, this is the largest (the amount seized and the quantity of evidence)," said Head of the Public Relations Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar, during a press conference at the Round Building Jampidsus Attorney General's Office, Jakarta, Tuesday (6/17/2025).

Based on observations at the scene, out of the total seized money of Rp 11 trillion, investigators presented cash amounting to Rp 2 trillion.

The Rp 100,000 bill is placed in a plastic package with each bag containing Rp 1 billion.

This pile of money rises up to fill half of the round room of the newly renovated Jampidsus building.

Direktur Penyidikan Abdul Qohar dan Direktur Penuntutan Sutikno yang duduk di kursi ini tampak mengerdil di tengah tumpukan uang yang ada. Sambil memberikan keterangan, di belakang dan kiri kanan para narasumber ditumpuk meninggi.

In fact, the height of these piles exceeds the heads of the investigators handling the case. The amount of evidence presented today is several times greater than what was shown during previous seizure press conferences.

On Thursday (5/8/2025), the Corruption Eradication Commission displayed seized money totaling Rp 479 billion that was confiscated from two subsidiaries of PT Darmex Plantations, namely PT Delimuda Perkasa and PT Taluk Kuantan Perkasa. At that time, the seized money was piled up in front of the investigators.

The height is just a few inches and does not surround the investigator who is giving a statement to the media.

However, the total seizures from PT Duta Palma Group related to the alleged corruption and money laundering case in the palm oil business activities in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau, during the period 2004-2022, amount to Rp 6.8 trillion.

This evidence has been presented several times to the media since this case was taken over by the Attorney General's Office.

A fantastically large sum of money was previously displayed in the case of corruption in sugar imports that implicated the former Minister of Trade Thomas Trikasih Lembong alias Tom Lembong.

On Tuesday (25/2/2025), investigators presented seized funds of IDR 565.3 billion, which is a return from 9 corporations suspected of enjoying the proceeds of corruption.

This pile of money also only occupies the front side of the panelists' table, not reaching to surround the investigators. According to calculations from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPKP), the state loss caused by this case is Rp 578 billion.

This means, there is a difference between the money returned and the total loss, which is IDR 12.7 billion. This difference is said to occur because the loss did not happen in 2016, but rather at a time when Tom Lembong was not serving as Minister of Trade.

(Tribunnews.com/Yohanes/Kompas.com/Shela/The Shiro Copr/Vigestha)