DKI High Court Strengthens Verdict Of Former Pertamina President Director Karen Agustiawan

President Director (Director) of PT Pertamina (Persero) for the 2009-2014 Galaila Karen Kardinah alias Karen Agustiawan (right) ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria

JAKARTA - The Jakarta High Court upheld the verdict of the Central Jakarta Corruption Court in a corruption case involving former President Director of PT Pertamina Karen Agustiawan, namely nine years in prison and a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary of 3 months. “Strengthening the decision of the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court Number 12/Pid.Sus-TPK/2024/PN.JKT. PST, dated June 24, 2024,” quoted from the ruling accessed from the Public Service Information System (SIPP) website of the Central Jakarta District Court, Antara, Wednesday, September 11. The verdict was read by the panel of judges chaired by Sumpeno, and consisted of judges Nelson Pasaribu and Berlin Damanik, on Friday, August 30. The High Court decided to accept an appeal from the public prosecutor and the defendant's legal adviser, but only made limited changes to the ruling regarding evidence. The decision of the Central Jakarta Corruption Court Number 12/Pid.Sus-TPK/2024/PN.JKT.PST, dated June 24, 2024, was changed to the section related to evidence. As stated in the verdict, a number of evidences were returned to the public prosecutor for use in other legal processes involving other suspects, namely Hari Karyuliarto and Yenni Andayani. However, apart from the changes related to the evidence, the High Court firmly upheld the decision of the Central Jakarta Corruption Court. Former President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) Karen Agustiawan was sentenced to nine years in prison and a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison for being proven corrupt in the procurement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Pertamina. Karen was sentenced to violate Article 2 paragraph (1) of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code jo. Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. Pertamina's Managing Director for the 2009-2014 period Galaila Karen Kardinah alias Karen Agustiawan was previously sentenced to 11 years in prison, and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to six months in prison, related to allegations of corruption in the procurement of LNG in Pertamina from 2011 to 2014.

In addition to the main crime, the KPK public prosecutor also asked the panel of judges to impose additional penalties on Karen to pay compensation of Rp1.09 billion and US$104,000, subsidiary to two years in prison. The KPK prosecutor also asked the panel of judges to charge US company a replacement fee, Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC (CCL), amounting to 113.83 million US dollars.