Former Pertamina President Director Nicke Widyawati Silenced After Being Examined By The KPK Today

Former President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero), Nicke Widyawati after being questioned at the KPK (DOK Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - Former President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero), Nicke Widyawati, has been questioned by investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today, Monday, March 17. He was questioned as a witness in the alleged corruption in the sale and purchase of gas between PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) and PT Inti Alasindo Energi (IAE).

From observations in the field, Nicke left the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta at around 14:12 WIB. He who was wearing a blended batik with a light blue color sat waiting for someone in the lobby.

Next, a woman in black appears to be attending Nicke. Then, the two rushed out of the building.

Nicke did not make any statements. Including the matter of his statement in front of investigators.

Meanwhile, KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika confirmed that Nicke was present to be investigated in a corruption case related to the cooperation in buying and selling gas between PT PGN and IAE. "The presence of the person concerned is in order to fulfill the investigator's summons as a witness," he said on a different occasion.

Nicke should have been questioned by investigators in his capacity as Director of Human Resources of PT Pertamina (Persero) on Monday, March 10. However, he asked for a reschedule.

Apart from Nicke, at that time there were two other witnesses who asked for a reschedule. They are Arif Budiman as Finance Director of PT Pertamina for the 2014-2017 period and Nusantara Suyono as Finance Director of PT PGN for the 2016-2018 period.

As previously reported, the KPK on May 13, 2024 announced that it had started an investigation into the alleged corruption case at PT PGN Tbk. in the 2018-2020 fiscal year. The investigation into the alleged corruption case was based on the results of an audit by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of the Republic of Indonesia.

The alleged corruption occurred in the process of buying and selling gas between PT PGN and a company with the initials PT IG in 2018-2020 and is said to have caused state finances of up to hundreds of billions of rupiah.

In this case, two people have been prevented from leaving the country to facilitate the investigation of the alleged corruption. They are Danny Praditya as Commercial Director of PT PGN for the 2016-2019 period who now serves as President Director of PT Inalum and Iswan Ibrahim who is the President Director of PT Isargas.