Jakarta, 5 April 2020. Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is detaining STR (the Legal Manager of PT Duta Palma Group in 2014) as a suspect in a bribery case related to the petition for forest conversion revision in Riau province in 2014.
The detention period spans 20 days from 5 April 2020 to 24 April 2020. STR is now detained at KPK’s Branch Detention Center at KPK Building, Lot C1. Before being a KPK detainee, STR had served a one-year detention at Pekanbaru Detention Center. This was supposed to end on 5 April 2020, but, with the approval of Ministry of Law and Human Rights’ Director General of Corrections, STR was transferred to KPK’s Branch Detention Center in February 2020. The transfer was done to facilitate KPK’s investigation. Following the termination of his previous detention term on 5 April 2020, STR now holds the status of KPK detainee.
On 26 April 2019, KPK declared STR a suspect in a bribery case related to the petition for forest conversion revision in Riau province in 2014.
This case is the development of a Criminal Act of Corruption bribery case related to the petition for forest conversion revision in Riau province in 2014 at the Ministry of Forestry. It all started after KPK’s sting operation (OTT) on Thursday, 25 September 2014. During this operation, KPK seized a total of Rp2 billion in cash, consisting of Rp500 million and SGD156,000.
During the investigation, KPK found some pieces of evidence as a basis for launching a new investigation related to this case. KPK then declared three suspects: PT PS (a corporation), STR (the Legal Manager of PT Duta Palma Group in 2014), and SUD (the owner of PT Darmex Group or PT Duta Palma).
SUD, as the beneficial owner of PT PS, along with STR, PT PS (as a corporation), and their accomplices, are suspected to have given Rp3 billion in Singapore Dollar to Annas Maamun, the Governor of Riau, in connection with the petition for forest conversion revision in Riau province.
Due to the allegation, PT PS is suspected to have violated Article 5 paragraph (1) point a or point b or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 on the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Corruption.
Meanwhile, STR and SUD are suspected to have violated Article 5 paragraph (1) point a or point b or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 on the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) or Article 56 of the Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP).
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