The Panel Of Judges Rejects Karen Agustiawan's Objection

The interlocutory trial with the defendant President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) for the 2009-2014 period Karen Agustiawan at the Corruption Court (Tipikor)/DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court rejected the objection note (exception) of the defendant in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Pertamina in 2011 —2014 Galaila Karen Kardinah alias Karen Agustiawan. Chief Justice Maryono said that various objections by Karen and the legal team were not based on law, so the defendant had the opportunity to provide evidence in accordance with Article 165 of the Criminal Procedure Code. "Stating that the objection note from the defendant Karen Agustiawan and from the defendant's legal team was not accepted," said Maryono when reading the interlocutory verdict at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court, Antara, Monday, March 4. For this reason, Maryono ordered the public prosecutor to continue examining corruption cases Number 12/Pid.Sus-TPK/2024/PN Jkt.Pst on behalf of Karen Agustiawan based on the public prosecutor's indictment. In addition, he continued, the cost of Karen Agustiawan's case was declared suspended until the final verdict. The trial continued on March 18, 2024, with the agenda of examining witnesses. The panel of judges consisting of Maryono as chairman and Sigit Herman Binaji and Asmudi as members also explained several judge responses to Karen's objection note. The response, among others, was due to Karen's objection regarding the determination of the defendant as a suspect and the detention in the investigation not by investigators, but by officials, namely the 2019 KPK Chairman — 2023 Firli Bahuri, the panel of judges expressed their agreement with the legal prosecutor. Previously, the legal prosecutor stated that ex-officio, Firli Bahuri as the Chair of the KPK was also an investigator. For this reason, in carrying out investigative duties, Firli has the authority to sign a detention warrant in accordance with the provisions of Law Number 30 of 2022 concerning the Corruption Eradication Commission. Regarding Karen's objections regarding the indictment that was not careful, unclear, and incomplete, the panel of judges assessed that the indictment of the KPK public prosecutor had been made carefully and completely. President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) for the 2009 —2014 period Karen Agustiawan was charged with causing state losses of 113.84 million US dollars or equivalent to Rp1.77 trillion due to alleged corruption in the procurement of LNG in Pertamina in 2011 —2014. The indictment is based on the Investigative Audit Report of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of the Republic of Indonesia in the context of calculating state losses for the procurement of LNG for US companies, Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC (CCL) in Pertamina and other relevant agencies Number: 74/LHP/XXI/12/2023 dated December 29, 2023. In addition, Karen was charged with granting approval for gas business development at several potential LNG refineries in the US without any clear procurement guidelines and only granting principle permits without the support of basic justification, technical and economic analysis, as well as risk analysis.

Karen is also said to have not asked for a written response to the Pertamina Board of Commissioners and approval of the general meeting of shareholders (GMS) before the signing of the LNG CCL Train 1 and Train 2 purchase agreement, as well as granting power to Yenni Andayani as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Gas and Power Pertamina 2013 — 2014 and Karyuliarto Day as Director of Gas Pertamina 2012 —2014.