新加坡：法院于9月裁定，一名印度尼西亚被判刑的棕榈油巨头之子在新加坡银行账户中持有的近1.4亿新元（合1.09亿美元）将继续被冻结12个月。
SINGAPORE: A sum of nearly S$140 million (US$109 million) in Singapore bank accounts held by the son of a convicted Indonesian palm oil tycoon will remain under seizure for another 12 months, a court ruled in September.
根据周六（10月3日）公布的判决，尽管腐败行为调查局（CPIB）存在“严重程序疏漏”，侵犯了该男子陈述申辩的权利，但法院仍作出上述裁决。
This is despite "significant procedural lapses" by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) that infringed on the man's right to be heard, according to a judgment made available on Saturday (Oct 3).
该调查局未能在规定期限内报告资金冻结情况，直到约10个月后才完成报告，这意味着在此期间，其缺乏继续控制这些资金的合法授权。
The bureau had failed to report the seizure by the deadline, doing so only about 10 months later, which meant it lacked lawful authority to continue exercising control over the funds in the interim.
然而，法官认为，这些程序疏漏并不足以构成返还资金的理由，因为这些资金可能属于犯罪所得。因此，法院下令在高等法院审理期间，继续冻结该笔资金12个月。
However, the judge found that the lapses did not warrant the return of the funds, which might be the proceeds of offences, and ordered that they remain under seizure for another 12 months pending High Court proceedings.
案件背景：2023年5月17日，CPIB从比尔·达马迪先生在新加坡持有的四个银行账户中冻结了近1.4亿新元。
THE CASE CPIB seized nearly S$140 million on May 17, 2023, from four bank accounts held by Mr Bill Darmadi in Singapore.
此前，CPIB已展开调查，以确认比尔是否协助其父亲苏里亚·达马迪保留犯罪所得。
This came after CPIB conducted investigations into whether Bill had assisted in retaining the criminal proceeds of his father, Surya Darmadi.
苏里亚在印度尼西亚因腐败和洗钱罪被判有罪。2023年2月，一家印度尼西亚法院判处其15年监禁，并处以创纪录的41.9万亿印尼盾（合37.1亿新元）罚款。
Surya was convicted in Indonesia of corruption and money laundering. In February 2023, an Indonesian court sentenced Surya to 15 years in jail and gave him a record fine of 41.9 trillion rupiah (S$3.71 billion).
苏里亚是印度尼西亚棕榈油巨头PT Duta Palma Group的所有者，也是Darmex Agro Group的董事长。
Surya is the owner of PT Duta Palma Group and chairman of Darmex Agro Group, both Indonesian palm oil conglomerates.
判决指出，2003年至2022年间，他未经必要许可经营棕榈油种植园业务，给印度尼西亚经济造成重大损失的同时，获得了巨额非法利润。
Between 2003 and 2022, he operated palm oil plantation businesses without the required permits, generating substantial illicit profits at significant cost to the Indonesian economy, the judgment stated.
他通过将资金转移至境外实体，利用自己控制的公司对这些利润进行洗钱。
He laundered these profits through companies under his control by diverting funds to foreign entities.
此外，苏里亚还通过行贿，为其公司获取将森林地区转为棕榈油种植园的用地许可。
Surya also paid bribes to obtain location permits for his companies to convert forest areas into palm oil plantations.
贪污调查局（CPIB）的调查显示，大量资金从与苏里亚有关联的印尼公司流入比尔在新加坡注册的公司Rich Asian和Palmbridge所持有的银行账户。法庭称，这些钱随后进入了比尔在新加坡的银行账户。
CPIB's investigations revealed that substantial funds had flowed from Indonesian companies linked to Surya into bank accounts held by Bill's Singapore-incorporated companies, Rich Asian and Palmbridge. The money later went into Bill's bank accounts in Singapore, the court said.
时间线：2023年5月17日，贪污调查局扣押了比尔持有的四个账户及其账户内的资金。根据法律规定，贪污调查局须在一年内向推事庭报告此次扣押。
THE TIMELINE CPIB seized four accounts held by Bill on May 17, 2023, along with the funds standing to their credit. Under the law, CPIB was required to report the seizure to the magistrate within one year.
2024年5月3日，贪污调查局通知比尔，它打算报告此次扣押并申请延期，并询问他是否打算提出异议。
On May 3, 2024, CPIB informed Bill that it intended to report the seizure and seek an extension, and asked whether he intended to object.
2024年5月29日，比尔的律师致函贪污调查局，要求其说明拟提出申请的依据，以便他们向当事人提供建议。
On May 29, 2024, Bill's lawyers wrote to CPIB requesting the basis of the intended application so they could advise their client.
贪污调查局忽略了这一请求，未予回复。此时，它也未能在2024年5月17日的截止日期前报告此次扣押。
CPIB overlooked the request and did not respond. By then, it had also failed to report the seizure by the deadline of May 17, 2024.
比尔来自德尊律师事务所（Drew & Napier）的律师辩称，贪污调查局未在规定时间内报告扣押，使继续扣押的行为变为非法，因此应当归还资金。
Bill's lawyers from Drew & Napier argued that CPIB's failure to report the seizure within the prescribed time rendered the continued seizure illegal and warranted the return of the funds.
地区法官沈婉琴接受了控方的陈述，即先前的延迟已不再构成归还资金的理由。
District Judge Shen Wanqin accepted the prosecution's submission that the earlier delay no longer warranted the return of the funds.
从2024年5月17日起至2025年3月24日提交报告期间，贪污调查局缺乏继续对相关资金行使控制权的合法授权。
CPIB lacked the lawful authority to continue exercising control over the funds from May 17, 2024 until it filed the report on Mar 24, 2025.
然而，提交报告使此次扣押纳入了法庭的监督管辖范围，即使这并不能追溯性地使贪污调查局在2024年5月至2025年3月期间的控制行为合法化。
However, the filing of the report brought the seizure within the court's supervisory jurisdiction, even if it did not retrospectively validate CPIB's control during the period between May 2024 and March 2025.
沈法官表示：“因此，先前的非法控制期本身并不构成现在归还资金的理由。”
"The earlier period of unlawful control therefore does not, by itself, warrant the return of the funds now," said Judge Shen.
尽管中央调查局在延迟报告期间对扣押财产实施了不当控制，但上诉法院裁定，一旦扣押事项得到报告，延迟便不再构成寻求司法审查以要求释放财产的依据。沈法官表示，她的结论并未削弱中央调查局未遵守规定这一行为的严重性。“这一疏漏性质严重，不应重蹈覆辙，”她说。
"Although CPIB had been in wrongful control of the seized property during the period of delayed reporting, the Court of Appeal held that once the seizure was reported, the delay ceased to provide a basis for judicial review seeking its release." Judge Shen said her conclusion did not diminish the significance of CPIB's non-compliance. "The lapse was significant and should not be repeated," she said.
沈法官认定，在2025年的延期申请中，比尔的申辩权受到了侵犯。中央调查局既未通知他该申请，也未向他提供相关报告。
Judge Shen found that Bill's right to be heard had been infringed in relation to the 2025 extension application. CPIB neither notified him of the application nor furnished him with the associated report.
由于未收到申请通知，比尔在命令作出前没有机会提出陈述。尽管他的律师明确要求提供相关信息，但他也无法评估中央调查局寻求继续扣押的依据。
Without notice of the application, Bill had no opportunity to make representations before the order was made. He also could not assess the grounds on which CPIB sought continued seizure, despite his lawyers expressly requesting that information.
中央调查局直到2026年4月30日，即一年多之后，才向他提供了该报告。
CPIB furnished him with the report only on Apr 30, 2026, more than a year later.
比尔的律师辩称，没有合理依据认为调查仍在进行中，因为自2023年以来调查未取得实质性进展。
Bill's lawyers had argued that there was no reasonable basis to think the investigations remained ongoing, because they had not progressed substantively since 2023.
沈法官驳回了这一观点，指出调查涉及通过新加坡转移的外国腐败犯罪所得，需要中央调查局寻求海外当局的配合。
Judge Shen rejected this, saying the investigations concerned proceeds of foreign corruption offences channelled into Singapore and required CPIB to seek the cooperation of overseas authorities.
“因此，其进展至少部分取决于这些当局的回应，”她说，并指出了中央调查局在2023年至2025年间与海外当局之间的往来函件。
"Their progress therefore depends, at least in part, on responses from those authorities," she said, pointing to correspondence CPIB had with overseas authorities between 2023 and 2025.
法官表示，证据追踪了与苏里亚有关联的印度尼西亚公司的资金流入棕榈桥公司和富亚公司的账户。
The evidence traced funds from Indonesian companies linked to Surya into the accounts of Palmbridge and Rich Asian, said the judge.
她补充说，证据还追踪了从棕榈桥公司和富亚公司流向比尔银行账户的“巨额资金”。
The evidence also traced "substantial sums" from Palmbridge and Rich Asian into Bill's bank accounts, she added.
她认定，继续扣押大部分资金是合理的，因为有合理依据认为这些资金是犯罪所得。
She found that the continued seizure of most of the funds was justified, as there was a reasonable basis to think they were proceeds of an offence.
例外金额约为870万美元，目前尚无法查明其资金流向与苏里耶的犯罪行为有关。不过，这笔钱仍将被扣押，因为高等法院目前正在审理涉及该款项的案件。
The exception was about US$8.7 million, which could not presently be traced to fund flows linked to Surya's criminal conduct. However, this sum will also remain under seizure because it is the subject of pending High Court proceedings.
法官总结道：“贪污调查局在处理扣押事项时存在严重的程序疏漏。”
"CPIB's handling of the seizure was attended by significant procedural lapses," concluded the judge.
沈法官说：“该局未将2025年的延期申请通知比尔，也未向他提供2025年的报告，侵犯了他的陈述权。该局未在2024年5月17日前报告扣押情况，也意味着在2025年的报告于3月24日提交之前，该局继续控制这笔资金缺乏合法授权。”
"Its failure to notify Bill of the 2025 extension application and furnish him with the 2025 report infringed his right to be heard. Its failure to report the seizure by 17 May 2024 also meant that it lacked lawful authority to continue exercising control over the funds until the 2025 report was filed on 24 March 2025," said Judge Shen.
她说：“这些保障措施具有重要作用。陈述权使与被扣押财产有关的人能够获得实质性的机会，就继续扣押该财产一事作出回应，而报告要求则确保继续扣押能够及时受到司法监督。”她表示，比尔此后已获得充分机会，就继续扣押的事实和法律依据作出陈述。高等法院听证会将于另行日期举行。
"These safeguards serve important purposes. The right to be heard affords a person with an interest in seized property a meaningful opportunity to address its continued seizure, while the reporting requirement ensures that continued seizure is subject to timely judicial oversight." Bill has since been given a full opportunity to address the factual and legal bases for continued seizure, she said. The High Court hearing will take place at a later date.