DKI Prosecutor's Office Raises PT PGAS Solution's Alleged Corruption Case To Investigation

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has started an investigation into the alleged corruption case in the state-owned subsidiary PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), namely PT PGAS Solution, in a geothermal well construction project in Aceh.

"The DKI Attorney General's Office has raised the status of the investigation into allegations of corruption at PT PGAS Solution in the purchase and rental of geothermal well construction equipment in Sabang Aceh in 2018," said Head of the Jakarta Attorney General's Office, Ashari Syam, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, June 21.

Ashari explained that in 2018, PT PGAS Solution obtained the job of buying and renting tools (blow out preventer) for the needs of making geothermal wells in Sabang, Aceh from PT TAK.

To carry out the work, then PT PGAS Solution issued a Purchase Order (purchase order) to PT ANT with a purchase value of Rp. 22,022,784,300 for equipment, while for equipment rental work of Rp. 9,702,000,000, so the total amount of work was Rp. 31,724,784. .300.

"Even though PT PGAS Solution knows that PT ANT does not have the availability of the geothermal well construction equipment and in its implementation PT ANT has never handed over the equipment for making geothermal wells and has never handed over the equipment that has been rented to PT PGAS Solution," he said.

However, Ashari continued, it was as if PT PGAS Solution had received the handover of geothermal well construction equipment and the rental of the equipment from PT ANT and made a fictitious Minutes of Handover of goods.

Then PT PGAS Solution has made a payment to PT ANT in the amount of Rp. 31,724,784,300 and the amount of the payment by PT ANT was handed over to PT TAK.

"This resulted in a state financial loss of Rp. 31,724,784,300," said Ashari.