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Airlangga shows up for AGO questioning in palm oil graft case
Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto of Golkar Party showed up for questioning on Monday as a witness in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) investigation into a corruption case about a domestic cooking oil shortage last year.
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Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto of Golkar Party arrives at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) for questioning as a witness in its investigation into a palm oil graft case, in Jakarta on July 24, 2023. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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oordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto of Golkar Party showed up for questioning on Monday as a witness in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) investigation into a corruption case about a domestic cooking oil shortage last year.
Airlangga reportedly arrived at the AGO headquarters in Jakarta on Monday morning.
He skipped the first summons last week without explanation and after having asked investigators to push back the questioning from a day before.
AGO spokesperson Ketut Sumedana previously said that the investigators would seek information from Airlangga about export permit procedures and his policies related to crude palm oil (CPO) exports during the period when the corruption case took place.
AGO investigators are currently seeking to hold three private palm oil companies criminally liable for misconduct in obtaining export permits at a time when shipments were restricted.
Five people, including a high-ranking government official, were sentenced to prison earlier this year for conspiring to secure permits for exporting CPO and its derivatives through illegal means from January 2021 to March 2022, following an AGO investigation.
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