KPK-BPK Send Team To US Looking For Evidence Of Alleged Corruption In Pertamina LNG Procurement

KPK (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) sent a team to the United States. They are looking for evidence of alleged corruption in the procurement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by PT Pertamina (Persero).

"Yes, it is true that the investigative team and the BPK team left for the United States," Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur told reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday night, September 22.

This departure, continued Asep, was intended to find evidence of corruption that ensnared the former President Director (Managing Director) of PT Pertamina (Persero), Karen Agustiawan. One of the things to look for is regarding financial transactions to the amount.

"Why with BPK, with BPK because it is related to the alleged article, namely Article 2, Article 3 where one of the elements of the article is state financial losses," he said.

"So BPK is the party that calculates the state's financial losses," continued Asep.

In addition, the anti-corruption commission wants to know the details of the cooperation process between PT Pertamina and Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) LLC. "We want to see what the trading documents look like," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK said that the procurement of LNG by PT Pertamina (Persero) as an alternative to overcoming gas shortages in the country was not studied. Karen Agustiawan, who at that time served as President Director of PT Pertamina, also did not report his decision to the board of commissioners.

"GKK alias KA unilaterally immediately decided to enter into an agreement contract with the US CCL company (Corpus Christi Liquefaction) LLC without conducting a thorough study and analysis and not reporting to the Board of Commissioners of PT Pertamina Persero," said Firli.

Firli revealed that the report should have been made because it would be brought to the General Meeting of Shareholders (GMS). "So that the actions of GKK alias KA did not get approval and approval from the government at that time," he said.

Because of his actions, Karen caused the state to lose up to around US$ 140 million or Rp. 2.1 trillion. The reason is that LNG's cargo purchased from the CCL LLC company in the United States is not absorbed in the domestic market.

As a result, oversupply cargo, PT Pertamina made sales in the international market with a loss condition. In fact, this commodity has never entered Indonesia and is used as its original goal.