TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Wilmar International Limited has responded to the Rp11 trillion in funds displayed by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) during a press conference on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. This money is a guarantee for the repayment of state losses by Wilmar's subsidiaries in a crude palm oil (CPO) and derivatives corruption case that occurred between July and December 2021.
"The guarantee money is part of the alleged state losses and part of the profits gained by Wilmar from the alleged actions," as read in an official press release from Wilmar Group, the company's parent entity, received by Tempo on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
According to Wilmar, this guarantee will be refunded should the Supreme Court uphold the decision previously rendered by the Central Jakarta District Court. Conversely, the funds could be fully or partially seized by the state if the Supreme Court rules against Wilmar. "The respondents from Wilmar continue to state that all their actions were carried out in good faith and free from any corrupt intentions," the release affirmed.
Wilmar contends that the multi-trillion rupiah sum stems from the conversion of alleged state losses arising from corruption cases purportedly committed by five Wilmar Group subsidiaries: PT Multimas Nabati Asahan, PT Multi Nabati Sulawesi, PT Sinar Alam Permai, PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia, and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia. "Claiming state losses in aggregate amounting to Rp12.3 trillion or around US$755 million," the statement said.
Prior to this development, the Attorney General's Office had confiscated Rp11 trillion from the corporate defendant PT Wilmar Group in connection with the alleged corruption case involving the provision of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives export facilities, which occurred from July 2021 to December 2021.
Sutikno, Director of Prosecution at the Attorney General's Office for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), stated during a press conference at the AGO building in Jakarta on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, that these trillions were seized from five corporate defendants affiliated with PT Wilmar Group. The five companies are PT Multimas Nabati Asahan, PT Multi Nabati Sulawesi, PT Sinar Alam Permai, PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia, and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia.
"The five corporate defendants at the Corruption Court in the Central Jakarta District Court have been acquitted by the judges of all legal charges, so the public prosecutor is making a cassation appeal, which is still in the cassation review process," he was quoted as saying by Antara on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
Sutikno elaborated that the actions of the corporate defendants led to three forms of state losses: financial losses, illicit gains, and state economic losses, totaling Rp11,880,351,802,619, or approximately Rp11.88 trillion.
Sutikno detailed the amounts for each entity: PT Multimas Nabati Asahan at Rp3,997,042,917,832.42 (Rp3.99 trillion); PT Multi Nabati Sulawesi at Rp39,756,429,964.94 (Rp39.75 billion); PT Sinar Alam Permai at Rp483,961,045,417.33 (Rp483.96 billion); PT Wilmar Bioenergi Indonesia at Rp57,303,038,077.64 (Rp57.3 billion); and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia at Rp7,302,288,371,326.78 (Rp7.3 trillion).
Subsequently, on May 23 and 26, 2025, the five corporate defendants reportedly returned the entire sum representing the determined losses, amounting to Rp 11,880,351,802,619.00 (Rp 11.88 trillion).
"We are now keeping the money in another holding account (RPL) of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at Bank Mandiri," Sutikno confirmed. Regarding these funds, Sutikno stated that the public prosecutor had seized the entirety for the purpose of the cassation examination.
According to the Supreme Court Verdicts Directory (MA), the Panel of Judges found that PT Wilmar Group, PT Permata Hijau Group, and PT Musim Mas Group were indeed proven to have committed actions consistent with both the primary and subsidiary indictments. The corporate suspects were charged with violating Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 juncto Article 18 of the Law on Eradication of Corruption juncto Article 55 paragraph (1) point 1 of the Criminal Code.
However, the Panel of Judges declared that the actions did not constitute a criminal offense (ontslag van alle recht vervolging), leading to the corporate defendants' acquittal from the public prosecutor's demands. The Panel of Judges also mandated the restoration of the corporate defendants' rights, positions, abilities, and dignity to their prior state.
In response to this decision, the Attorney General's Office filed a cassation appeal. It was later revealed that the panel of judges overseeing this case had allegedly received bribes from Wilmar.
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