Prosecutors: 18 Corporations Benefited From Crude Oil Corruption Cases
JAKARTA - The public prosecutor from the Attorney General's Office, Andi Setyawan, revealed that there were 18 corporations that benefited from the alleged corruption case of crude oil management and refinery products in the 2018-2023 period.
The disclosure was conveyed by the public prosecutor (JPU) at the trial of reading the indictment for the Vice President Feedstock Management PT Pertamina International Refinery (KPI) 2023 2024 Agus Purwono at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court.
"The defendant Agus committed an unlawful act to enrich himself, another person, or a corporation that was detrimental to state finances," said Public Prosecutor Andi Setyawan as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, October 13.
A total of 18 companies that benefited in the case of alleged corruption in crude oil management were PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (KPI) amounting to US$604.95 million in exports of crude oil in the first semester of 2024, as well as PT Pertamina EP Cepu (PEPC) worth 81.96 million US dollars in exports of raw oil in the PEPC section in the first semester of 2021.
Then in the export of crude oil from the cooperation contract contractor (KKKS) section, enriching Medco E&P Natuna Ltd by 24.02 million US dollars in the second half of 2020 and 69.42 million US dollars in the 2020 period, and Petronas Carigali Ketapang II Ltd (PCK II) 19.58 million US dollars in the first quarter of 2021 and 184.79 million US dollars in the 2022 period.
In KKKS exports, PT Pemap Global Energi (PT PGE) also enriched 20.14 million US dollars in the 2023 period, and Exxon Mobil Cepu Ltd (EMCL) 317.88 million US dollars in the second half of 2022 and 495.36 million US dollars in the 2023 period.
Furthermore, in the procurement of crude oil imports, the Public Prosecutor stated that the actions of the defendants had enriched Vitol Asia Pte Ltd as much as 175.25 million US dollars, Socar Trading Singapore Ptd.Ltd 104.88 million US dollars, Shell International Eastern Trading Company 94.71 million US dollars, Glencore Singapore Pte.Ltd 81.44 million US dollars, and ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte.Ltd 61.62 million US dollars.
The prosecutor charged that this corruption also enriched BP Singapore Pte.Ltd in the amount of 36.26 million US dollars, Trafigura Asia Trading Pte.Ltd 6.25 million US dollars, Petron Singapore Trading Pte.Ltd 5.12 million US dollars, BB Energy (Asia) Pte.Ltd 4.32 million US dollars, and Trafigura Pte.Ltd 414,006 US dollars.
In the procurement of the ship rental, there is the Sahara Energy International Pte.Ltd which is enriched 1.23 million US dollars in the arrangement for the procurement of ship rentals for the transportation of Eskravos ALD 3-4 crude oil and Muhammad Kerry Andiranto Riza and Dimas Werhaspati through PT Jenggala Maritim Nusantara (JMN) amounting to 9.86 million US dollars and Rp1.07 billion for the arrangement for the procurement of leases for three ships belonging to PT JMN.
In this case, apart from Agus, there were also good owners of PT Navigator Khatulistiwa Muhammad Kerry Andrianto Riza, President Director of PT Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) 2022 '2024 Yoki Firnandi, Commissioner of PT Pelayaran Mahameru Kencana Abadi (PMKA) Gading Ramadhan Juedo, and Commissioner of PT JMN Dimas Werhaspati who listened to the reading of the indictment in the same trial.
The five defendants were suspected of committing or participating against the law in enriching themselves, others, or a corporation, which cost the state Rp285.18 trillion.
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 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.