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Cooking Oil Export Corruption, Attorney General Examining Minister of Trade?

KOMPAS.TV - After the determination of 4 suspects in the alleged corruption case in granting export permits for crude palm oil or CPO, investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office examined 30 witnesses regarding alleged corruption in granting export permits for CPO products.

However, the name of the Minister of Trade, M Luthfi, has not yet been included in the list of witnesses summoned.

This was conveyed by the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febri Adriansyah, on Friday afternoon who confirmed that the name of the trade minister would not be called as a witness, even though one of the 4 suspects was the director general of foreign trade at the ministry of trade.

Also read: The Attorney General Reveals the Role of the Director General of the Ministry of Trade Regarding Edible Oil Corruption at https://www.kompas.tv/article/282507/kejagung- Reveal-peran-dirjen-kemendag-soal-corruption-oil-goreng

Jampidsus revealed that the suspect, Director General of Foreign Trade, Indrasari Wishnu Wardana, gave export permits to CPO producers who did not meet the domestic market obligation or DMO requirements of 30 percent and 20 percent of the total export amount.

Meanwhile today (2/04) 2 civil organizations consisting of Sawit Watch, elSAM, HuMa, PILNET, WALHI, and Greenpeace Indonesia visited the Ministry of Trade to give a summons to a number of state institutions starting from President Joko Widodo, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Trade M Lutfi, and Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang.

They asked the government to prioritize domestic cooking oil needs over exports and re-establish the highest retail price at the retailer level.

This article can be seen at: https://www.kompas.tv/article/282531/kokerja-ekspor-minyak-goreng-kejagung-periksa-mendag
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