JAKARTA - The Director General of Oil and Gas (Dirjen Migas) Achmad Muchtasyar is reported to have been deactivated since Monday, February 10 afternoon.
This was revealed by Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Yuliot Tanjung to the media crew after attending a meeting with the Legislation Body (Baleg) in Senayan.
Achmad Muchtasyar is known to have only served as Director General of Oil and Gas since January 16 and has not even served a month.
"Yesterday afternoon. Yes, less than (it)," he said, Tuesday, February 11.
Regarding Yuliot's removal, his party is currently conducting an internal evaluation and seeing the ongoing legal process.
"We are still evaluating internally, yes of course with the internal evaluation process it will be seen later how the legal process is running. So for us it is more independent to see it is a legal process," explained Yuliot.
Based on information received by VOI, Achmad was disabled on Monday 10 February 2025 night and replaced by the Director General of Mineral and Coal (Dirjen Minerba) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Tri Winarno as Acting (Plt).
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For information, previously the Office of the Directorate General of Oil and Gas was searched by the Attorney General's Office on Monday, February 10.
The search carried out by investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Directorate General of Oil and Gas (Migas) office was related to allegations of corruption in the management of crude oil and refinery products of PT Pertamina (Persero).
"It is true, investigators conducted a search at the office of the Directorate General of Oil and Gas of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources on Jalan HR Rasuna Said, Kuningan, Jakarta. The search was carried out in three rooms," said Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office (AGO), Harli Siregar, Tuesday, February 10.
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