Oil Corruption Case, Riza Chalid's Son Charged With Self-Enriching Rp3.07 Trillion

JAKARTA - The son of suspect Riza Chalid, Muhammad Kerry Andrianto Riza, was charged with enriching himself by Rp3.07 trillion in the alleged corruption case of crude oil governance and refinery products in the 2018-2023 period.

Public prosecutor from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) Triyana Setia Putra said Kerry Andrianto Riza had committed or participated unlawfully in enriching herself, another person, or a corporation, which cost the state Rp285.18 trillion in the case.

"The defendant Kerry's actions were carried out together with Sani Dinar Saifuddin, Yoki Firnandi, Agus Purwono, Dimas Werhaspati, Gading Ramadhan Joedo, Alfian Nasution, Hanung Budya Marityanta, and Mohammad Riza Chalid, during the ship rental and leasing of fuel oil tanks (TBBM)," said the Public Prosecutor at the trial of reading the indictment at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday, October 13, reported by ANTARA.

The prosecutor detailed that in the arrangement for the lease procurement of three ships belonging to PT Jenggala Maritim Nusantara (JMN), Kerry was charged with enriching herself and Commissioner of PT JMN Dimas Werhaspati through PT JMN amounting to 9.86 million US dollars or equivalent to Rp162.69 billion (exchange rate of Rp16,500 per US dollar) and Rp1.07 billion.

Then in the rental activities of TBBM Merak, Kerry is suspected of enriching herself, Commissioner of PT Pelayaran Mahameru Kencana Abadi (PMKA) Gading Ramadhan Juedo, and owner of the benefits of PT Tanki Merak and PT Orbit Terminal Merak Mohammad Riza Chalid Rp2.91 trillion.

In the trial, Kerry Andrianto, who is the owner of the benefits of PT Navigator Khatulistiwa, listened to the reading of the indictment with the President Director of PT Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) 2022 '2024 Yoki Firnandi, Vice President Feedstock ManagementPT Pertamina International Refinery (KPI) 2023 2024 Agus Purwono, Dimas, and Gading.

For his actions, the five defendants were suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

The prosecutor explained that in the procurement of the ship's lease, Kerry was charged with asking Yoki to answer confirmation of the certainty of the ship's rental income from PT PIS as a source of funding for installments on investment loans for ship purchases by Bank Mandiri.

Kerry stated that PT PIS needed a ship to be purchased by PT JMN with a lease contract period of between 5 and 7 years even though at that time there was no ship rental procurement process between PT JMN and PT PIS.

Then, Kerry and Dimas, together with Sani and Agus, arranged the lease for the Suezmax ship owned by PT JMN by adding the sentence "domestic transportation" in PT KPI's reply letter to PT PIS with the intention that in the procurement process foreign ships cannot participate in the tender.

"This step aims to ensure that only the Suezmax ship belonging to PT JMN can be rented by PT PIS," said the public prosecutor.

In addition, the Public Prosecutor conveyed that Kerry and Dimas, together with Sani and Agus, also carried out the process of procuring the ship rental which was only a formality, namely the Jengala Bango ship type MRGC owned by PT JMN, which did not have a Oil and Gas Transportation Business License as one of the requirements for the oil and gas transportation auction, but was still won as the winner of the lease for oil and gas carriers.

Meanwhile, in the rental of TBBM, Kerry and Riza, through Gading as Director of PT Tank Merak conveyed an offer to rent the Merak BBM Terminal to Hanung Budya Marityanta as Director of Marketing and Commerce of PT Pertamina (Persero), although he knew that the Merak BBM Terminal was not owned by PT Tank Merak, but belonged to PT Oiltanking Merak.

Kerry also gave Gading approval to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the Cooperation of Receipt, Storage, and Handover of Fuel to Hanung even though he knew that the Merak Fuel Terminal was not yet owned by PT Tank Merak.

The prosecutor explained that this was Riza's request, which also personalizes personal guarantees in applying for credit to Bank BRI to acquire and make PT Oiltanking Merak a credit guarantee.

Not only that, Kerry and Gading allegedly used Rp176.39 million in cash from the payment for the rental of the Merak Fuel Terminal, which was partly used for golf activities in Thailand, which was attended by Gading and Dimas with Yoki, Sani, Arief, and Agus.