JAKARTA - The President Director of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga in 2023, Riva Siahaan, was sentenced to 9 years in prison after being proven guilty of corruption in the crude oil and refinery product governance case in the period 2018-2023.
Presiding Judge Fajar Kusuma Aji stated that Riva was proven to be legally and convincingly guilty of participating in the corruption crime together in the case, as in the primary indictment.
"In addition to imprisonment, the defendant was also sentenced to a fine of Rp1 billion subsider 190 days of imprisonment," said the Chief Judge in the reading of the verdict at the Corruption Court in Jakarta, Thursday, February 26, reported by ANTARA.
The presiding judge said that Riva's corruption, namely by enriching himself, others, or a corporation, which caused losses to the state treasury of IDR 9.42 trillion.
Before sentencing, the panel of judges considered several aggravating and mitigating circumstances. The aggravating circumstances were that Riva's actions did not support the government's program, which was actively carrying out anti-corruption.
Meanwhile, the mitigating circumstances considered by the panel of judges were Riva's polite behavior in court, having never been convicted, and having family dependents.
In the same trial, the verdict was also read against the Director of Marketing and Sales of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga in 2023, Maya Kusuma, and Vice President of Trading Pertamina Patra Niaga Products Edward Corne for the period 2023-2025.
Maya was sentenced to 9 years in prison, while Edward was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Both were also sentenced to a fine of Rp. 1 billion each, with 190 days in prison.
For their actions, the three defendants were found guilty of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
The verdict handed down by the Panel of Judges is lighter than the prosecutor's demand. Previously, Riva, Maya, and Edward were each charged with a prison sentence of 14 years, a fine of Rp1 billion subsider 190 days in prison, and a substitute money of Rp5 billion subsider 7 years in prison.
In this case, Riva, who was then serving as the Director of Marketing and Sales of Pertamina Patra Niaga for the period 2021-2023, was suspected of approving Maya's proposal on the special auction results of gasoline with an octane level or Research Octane Number (RON) 90 and RON 92 in the first half of 2023, related to the procurement of imported refinery products or fuel oil (BBM).
The proposed proposal, among others, is to determine BP Singapore and Sinochem International Oil as the potential winners of the tender after being given special treatment in the auction process by Edward by leaking alpha information or procurement confidential information to the two companies.
Meanwhile, Edward was also accused of giving special treatment to BP Singapore in the procurement of RON 90 and RON 92 gasoline in the first half by providing information related to procurement secrets to BP Singapore and Sinochem International Oil.
It is said that Edward also gave additional time to BP Singapore even though it had exceeded the deadline for submitting bids and to Sinochem International Oil, so that both companies could win the tender.
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