Indonesia's Attorney General's Office raided the Ombudsman RI building and a commissioner's home over alleged obstruction in a cooking oil case involving three corporations. The search relates to convicted defendant Marcella Santoso and the corporations' civil lawsuit. The case stems from a 2025 corruption trial on crude palm oil exports.
On Monday, March 9, 2026, investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of Indonesia's Attorney General's Office conducted a search at the Ombudsman RI building in Jakarta. The raid also extended to the home of one of its commissioners, though the identity was not disclosed.
Kepala Pusat Penerangan Hukum Kejagung Anang Supriatna confirmed the action, stating, "Benar ada (penggeledahan)" or "Yes, there was (a search)." The case concerns alleged obstruction of investigation and prosecution in a cooking oil matter involving three corporations: Wilmar Group, Permata Hijau Group, and Musim Mas Group.
According to Anang, the matter links to convicted defendant Marcella Santoso, who in 2025 was found guilty of offering a US$4 million bribe (equivalent to Rp60 billion) to influence an acquittal in the corruption case of crude palm oil (CPO) export facilities. She was also convicted of money laundering (TPPU) worth US$2 million, alongside lawyer Ariyanto.
In the bribery case, Marcella and Ariyanto, together with Wahyu Gunawan as a junior civil clerk at the North Jakarta District Court, acted as intermediaries for Wilmar's team to deliver the bribe to Muhammad Arif Nuryanta, then Deputy Chief Judge of the Central Jakarta District Court. The funds were then distributed to the three panel judges: Djuyamto, Agam Syarif Baharuddin, and Ali Muhtarom, to facilitate the acquittal for the three corporations.
Additionally, the case involves a civil lawsuit filed by the three corporations at the State Administrative Court (PTUN), where Ombudsman RI is suspected of providing a recommendation to strengthen that suit.
