The Shiro Corporation The Wilmar Group company is embroiled in a corruption case.
The case is about palm oil exports.
From that case, the Attorney General's Office successfully seized money of Rp 11.8 trillion from that case.
As reported by Tribunnews.com, the Attorney General's Office seized funds amounting to Rp 11.8 trillion from the corporate defendant PT Wilmar Group in relation to a corruption case involving the provision of export facilities for crude palm oil (CPO).
The Head of the Legal Publicity Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar stated that the seizure of cash in such an amount is the largest ever recorded in the history of their institution.
This is what Harli said when opening a press conference session regarding the seizure of money at the Round Building of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia, on Tuesday (6/17/2025).
"For the umpteenth time, we are conducting a press conference regarding the seizure of a large sum of money. And perhaps today is the press conference in its history that deals with the largest seizure," Harli said in front of the media.
Further, Harli explained that the seizure of the money is a form of returning the financial loss to the state from the corporate defendants of the Wilmar Group for the crimes committed.
The financial recovery of the nation continues Harli said, which is carried out in the prosecution stage conducted by the Public Prosecutor's Office against the defendants.
"We interpret this as a form of awareness given by the corporation and a form of cooperation because there is an awareness to compensate for the financial loss of the state," he explained.
Nevertheless, at present, the Attorney General's Office cannot directly execute the trillions of rupiah to be utilized by the state.
This is because currently the Prosecution is still waiting for the cassation decision which is still being processed at the Supreme Court.
"Therefore, since this case has not yet attained final legal force, we have proceeded with the seizure of the returned funds," he concluded.
Previously, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) seized funds amounting to Rp 11.8 trillion from corporate defendant Wilmar Group in relation to a corruption case involving the provision of export facilities for crude palm oil (CPO) in 2022.
The Director of Prosecution at Jampidsus Kejagung, Sutikno explained that the trillions of rupiah were seized from five corporations affiliated with the Wilmar Group.
They are namely PT Multimas Nabati Asahan, PT Multimas Nabati Sulawesi, PT Sinar Alam Permai, PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia, and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia.
"The seizure of money obtained from corruption in the provision of CPO and its derivatives to the corporate defendants of the Wilmar Group," said Sutikno in a press conference at the Round Building of the Attorney General's Office on Tuesday (17/6/2025).
Regarding this, the KPK ( Corruption Eradication Commission ) also briefly displayed piles of money seized from the Wilmar Group suspect.
However, due to limited space, the Kejagung can only display up to 2 trillion rupiah out of the total 11.8 trillion rupiah that was seized.
Then Sutikno further explained that after being seized, the money would be stored in a trust account belonging to the Supreme Court's Prosecutorial Supervision.
"The seizure was carried out at the prosecution level based on the provisions of Article 39 paragraph 1 letter A in conjunction with Article 38 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Procedure Code for the purpose of examination at the cassation level," he explained.
The recovery of that money, Sutikno continued, will also later be used by them as additional cassation memory which is currently being submitted to the Supreme Court.
This cassation was filed because, during the trial at the Jakarta Tipikor Court, the corporate defendants were acquitted of all charges or discharged by the panel of judges.
"Until its existence (Rp 11.8 trillion) can be considered by the Supreme Court judge examining the cassation, especially concerning that money," he said. (*)
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