121 Evidence Brought By KPK Against The Pretrial Lawsuit Karen Agustiawan At The South Jakarta District Court

KPK (ANTARA) building

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) presented hundreds of evidences to counter the pretrial lawsuit filed by former President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) Karen Agustiawan at the South Jakarta District Court (PN) today, Monday, October 30. KPK presents evidence as much as 121 including electronic evidence,'' said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Monday, October 30. In addition, the anti-corruption commission's legal bureau team also prepared expert witnesses. Ali hopes that the panel of judges rejects the pretrial application because those who do not accept it to be suspects. We believe that the entire process of investigating this case is in accordance with the legal mechanism so that the pretrial application should have been rejected,''' he stressed. Previously, Karen filed a pretrial after he became a suspect in the corruption case of natural gas procurement of liquid or liquefied natural gas (LNG) in PT Pertamina (Persero) 2011-2021. Based on the Case Investigation Information System (SIPP) of the South Jakarta PN, the lawsuit was filed on Friday, October 6. The lawsuit was registered with case number 113/Pid.Pra/2023/PN JKT.SEL.The party being sued is the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). In this case, the KPK suspects the LNG procurement process as an alternative to overcoming gas shortages in undiscussed Tanah Air. Karen Agustiawan, who at that time served as the President Director of PT Pertamina, also did not report his decision to the board of commissioners. GKK alias KA unilaterally decided to sign an agreement with the company CCL (Corpus Christi Liquefaction) LLC of the United States without conducting a thorough study until a thorough analysis and did not report on the Board of Commissioners of PT Pertamina Persero,' said KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri in a press conference at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, Wednesday, September 19.Firli revealed that the report should have been made because it would be brought in the General Meeting of Shareholders (RUPS).

Because of his actions, it caused the state to lose around 140 million US dollars 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 of over supply cargo, PT Pertamina finally made sales in the international market with a loss condition. In fact, this commodity has never entered Indonesia and was used as originally intended.