JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed the involvement of third parties or brokers in allegations of corruption in crude oil management and refinery products at Pertamina Energy Trading Limited (Petral) or Pertamina Energy Service Pte. Ltd. (PES).
Acting (Plt) Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu said this broker seemed to represent PT Pertamina (Persero) in purchasing crude oil from other countries. In fact, Petral should be enough to represent Indonesia.
"Sell the purchase, it's through an intermediary, a third party like that, yes, an intermediary. So, from Petral who represented Pertamina, the national oil company Indonesia then went through this broker," Asep told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, November 20 evening.
"Think about it from Malaysia, it means from Petronas, right? From Petronas to people, to this broker, then Petral bought it," he continued.
This condition, Asep said, of course violates the rules because Pertamina should, in this case Petral, not need to make transactions through brokers.
This is because the existence of this broker makes the price of Mining oil even higher. "So from NOC to NOC (properly, red). From the national oil company of Indonesia, then to the national oil company, the oil producer is like that. Well, on the way, this actually extends the distribution chain," he said.
Even so, Asep has not opened this broker. He only said that the anti-corruption commission had sniffed out the buying and selling game of this crude oil through a document.
Thus, in the future the KPK needs to cooperate with anti-corruption agencies in other countries that provide crude oil. "To see whether the trading between Indonesia, represented by Pertamina, in this case Petral, is directly related to the country's NOC or not," he said.
"For example, whether directly with Petronas or not or it turns out to be just a document. Well, whether it's direct, for example, with Arabic with Aramco or not. Later we will work together of course with some because the oil is not only from the countries mentioned earlier. Of course also from oil-producing countries, yes," explained Asep, who also serves as Director of KPK Investigation.
Previously reported, PK revealed that the Attorney General's Office had transferred the case of corruption in the procurement of crude oil by Pertamina Energy Trading Ltd. (Petral) or PT Pertamina Energy Services Pte. Ltd (PES) to his institution.
This process is because the Adhyaksa Corps knows that the anti-corruption commission has issued a new investigation warrant (sprindik) in October. However, no suspects have yet been named.
This new Sprindik is also known to have been published after the KPK investigated allegations of bribery in the procurement of catalysts at PT Pertamina (Persero) and bribes for the procurement of crude oil and finished products for the 2012-2014 period.
The alleged state loss is estimated by the KPK to reach millions of US dollars. However, the details have not been mentioned by the anti-corruption commission.
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