Apart From Karen Agustiawan, KPK Asks 3 Other People To Be Prevented From Going Abroad Related To Alleged Corruption At Pertamina

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed that it had asked the Immigration Directorate General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) to prevent four people from leaving the country.

This prevention is related to the alleged corruption in the procurement of liquefied natural (LNG) at PT Pertamina in 2011-2021.

"KPK has proposed preventive measures against four people from traveling abroad to the Directorate General of Immigration," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri in a written statement, Thursday, July 14.

Ali said this prevention was done to make it easier for investigators to ask for information from the four people. All four will be prevented for six months until December 8.

"We hope that the parties who were prevented will be able to cooperate in attending to the summons of the investigation team," he said.

Ali did not specify who was prevented from leaving the country. However, the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights said that former President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) Karen Agustiawan had been prevented from going abroad.

"(Prevented from leaving the country, ed) on behalf of Karen A," said Achmad Nur Saleh, Sub-Coordinator of Public Relations at the Immigration Ministry of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham), in a written statement, Wednesday, July 13.

Just like Ali, he said the prevention was carried out for six months starting on June 8.

Previously, the KPK was indeed investigating allegations of corruption in the process of buying and selling liquefied natural gas (LNG) at PT Pertamina.

There are also allegations of this corruption occurred around 2011-2012. A number of witnesses have also been summoned in this case, including the President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) for the 2014-2017 period Dwi Soetjipto and the Director of PT PLN for the 2011-2014 period, Nur Pamudji.

However, the announcement of the suspects has not been made. Because, according to the policy of the anti-corruption commission leader in the era of Firli Bahuri et al, suspects were announced at the same time as forced detention.