Businessman Surya Darmadi, owner of Duta Palma Group, returned to Indonesia and turned himself in to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) mid last year. The AGO alleged Surya of committing corruption which caused State losses amounted to over Rp70 trillion and moved very quickly to complete the docket. Near the end of the inquisition stage, the AGO announced that the estimated State losses have reached over Rp100 trillion. Unbelievable. Surya finally stands trial as a defendant in September 2022. Towards the end of last week, Surya was found guilty. But until the end, Surya insisted that he was not guilty. He even threw tantrums during the last hearing.

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