Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. President Prabowo Subianto said the Rp13.2 trillion ($800 million) recovered from the palm oil export corruption case could be redirected to public welfare projects such as school renovations and housing for coastal communities.

“With Rp13 trillion, we can renovate over 8,000 schools. If we allocate Rp22 billion for each fishing village, we could build 600 of them,” he said Monday  (20/10/2025) while witnessing the handover of recovered state losses at the Attorney General’s Office.

The President  added that each fishing village could house about 2,000 families, or roughly 5,000 people, meaning the program could benefit around 5 million coastal residents by 2026, as reported by antaranews.com.

President Prabowo criticized the CPO export scheme that deprived the country of essential cooking oil supplies, calling it “inhumane and a form of economic subversion driven by greed.”

The event displayed Rp 2 trillion in cash, part of the Rp13.25 trillion total returned to the state following a Supreme Court ruling overturning acquittals for Permata Hijau Group, Wilmar Group, and Musim Mas Group implicated in the CPO export corruption scandal.

(mg/inp/pr/rs)