Erick Thohir Is Said To Be Involved In Pertamina's Crude Oil Case, Stafsus: Hoax!

Staff of the Minister of SOEs Arya Sinulingga (Photo: Doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - The name of the Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir and the owner of PT Alamtri Resources Indonesia Tbk (Adaro) Garibaldi 'Boy' Thohir are said to have been involved in the alleged corruption case of PT Pertamina's crude oil (Persero).

In response to this, the Special Staff of the Minister of SOEs Arya Sinulingga said that the news was just fake news or hoaxes. He also asked the public not to associate Erick Thohir in the case.

Moreover, continued Arya, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has confirmed that it has not found any facts about the involvement of the two in the case of crude oil corruption and refinery products at PT Pertamina.

"We are grateful to the Attorney General's Office for giving a statement that hoaxes are scattered on social media, that Mr. Erick is said to be involved and so on, or its derivatives are like that. It has been straightened out by the Attorney General's Office," he told reporters at the BUMN Ministry Office, Jakarta, written Friday, March 7.

According to Arya, with the statement conveyed by the AGO to the public, the slander directed at Erick Thohir could stop.

"Yesterday, I linked it, so the hoax didn't stop first. That doesn't exist. The slander is finished. Especially for months like this, there are many slanders," said Arya.

Arya said that currently it is better to focus on corruption cases. He stressed that the Ministry of SOEs will support the AGO in resolving the alleged corruption case.

"We, from the Ministry of SOEs, really support the problem of focusing on corruption, which is being processed by friends from the AGO," he said.

Previously, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) did not find out the fact that the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir or the owner of PT Alamtri Resources Indonesia Tbk (ADARO) Garibaldi 'Boy' Thohir in the case of corruption in crude oil and refinery products at PT Pertamina.

Head of the Information and Law Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar, emphasized that the investigation team of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) denied information on various social media platforms (medsos) linking Erick and Boy in cases that cost the state Rp193.7 trillion throughout 2018-2023.

"There is no fact about that," said Harli when contacted by the media crew, Wednesday, March 5.

The AGO, said Harli, regretted the information presented in the public regarding the crude oil and refinery products case, but was not based on the facts of the investigation.

"Where did such information come from?" said Harli.