President Prabowo Subianto Reaffirms Commitment to Law Enforcement

By Office of Assistant to Deputy Cabinet Secretary for State Documents & Translation     Date 20 Oktober 2025
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President Prabowo Subianto delivers a statement at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta, Monday (10/20). Photo by: BPMI of Presidential Secretariat.

President Prabowo Subianto has expressed appreciation to the Attorney General’s Office for successfully recovering Rp13.25 trillion in state losses from a corruption case involving the granting of export facilities for crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives.

In his remarks at the handover ceremony held at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta, the President emphasized that the recovered amount should be utilized for public welfare, provided it is managed properly.

“My fellow citizens, with Rp13 trillion, we can renovate more than 8,000 schools. For one fishing village project, we can allocate Rp22 billion each, with proper facilities that, for 80 years of Indonesia’s independence, have never been adequately cared for,” the President said on Monday (10/20).

The President stated that the fishermen village development program is one of the Government’s priorities to improve the welfare of coastal communities. Currently, the Government is working to build modern fishermen villages, targeting 1,100 villages by the end of 2026.

The President also said that corruption in the natural resource sector violates the value of the nation. He reminded the public that the successful recovery of state funds marks only one part of the broader mission to eradicate illegal practices.

“We have recently tackled the smuggling of tin and its derivatives from Bangka Belitung through the Forest Area Enforcement Task Force, supported by the TNI, the Attorney General’s Office, the Police, Customs, and other institutions. The estimated losses are around Rp40 trillion per year, and this has been going on for nearly 20 years,” he said.

The President further said that illegal mining, under-invoicing, over-invoicing, and miss-invoicing are all forms of deception against the nation, which has granted business licenses and facilities in good faith.

“Imagine losses of Rp30 trillion to Rp40 trillion. Let’s take the lower estimate of Rp20 trillion a year, though in reality, it’s likely higher. International institutions have also estimated losses of about US$3 billion per year. Over 20 years, that amounts to around Rp800 trillion,” the President stated. (BPMI of Presidential Secretariat) (RI/MMB)

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