Tom Lembong session (photo: Nur Khabibi/Oksone)
JAKARTA – Former Minister of Trade (Mendag), Thomas Trikasih Lembong Pseudonym Tom Lembong Referring to the status of the accused attached to him, was inseparable from a political attitude in the 2024 presidential election. It is known that he supported the presidential candidate (presidential candidate) Anis Basvedan.
Tom Lembong said that when reading a memorandum of protection or admitting guilt associated with the alleged corruption case, the import of sugar in the corruption court of Jakarta on Wednesday (7/7/2025).
Initially, Tom Lembong mentioned among the political elite in 2023, he, as you know, encourages Ani to move as a presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election. At that time, Ani was paired with Muhaimin Iskandar.
“Sprindik or the first order for an investigation for the import of sugar, including what I did in 2015-2016, issued by the director of the office of the Prosecutor General on October 3, 2023,” Tom said, Readoi.
Then Tom officially joined the success team Anies-muhaimin, working as a co-captain of the National Amin team on November 14, 2023.
“The time or time from the publication of Sprindik is not what is happening, the signal of the authorities is very clear, I join the opposition, so I was threatened to condemn,” he said.
“The signal was very clear when I was arrested and imprisoned, two weeks after the authorities provided their power by official inauguration in the Indonesian parliament, and the signal was more and more clear for everyone today,” he continued.
