JAKARTA, Jan 4 — An Indonesian court today sentenced a former senior official at the trade ministry and three palm oil company executives to jail in a case about improper palm oil export permits, according to lawyers.
Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana, a former international trade director general at the trade ministry, was found guilty of abuse of power and causing state losses, his lawyer Aldres Jonathan Napitupulu said. Meanwhile, Wilmar Nabati Indonesia’s commissioner Master Parulian Tumanggor, Musim Mas’s general manager Togar Sitanggang, and Permata Hijau Group’s senior manager Stanley Ma were sentenced to between one year and one-and-a-half years in prison, the Attorney General Office said.