JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said the process of investigating allegations of corruption in crude oil management and refinery products at Pertamina Energy Trading Limited (Petral) or Pertamina Energy Service Pte. Ltd. (PES) went smoothly.
Many positive achievements were obtained by investigators after the issuance of a general investigation warrant (sprindik) on October 17.
"Many positive progress investigators have carried out, including the search for other electronic evidence documents," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, November 21.
"Of course, coordination with parties is also not only internal or domestic in Indonesia but also parties abroad because this is also related to multinational transactions," he continued.
Budi said that one of the institutions coordinating with the KPK in investigating the alleged corruption of Petral was the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau or the Singapore Corruption Practice Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
The rate is very positive after the generalized sprindik (issued, red), then investigators also coordinate directly to go to Singapore in coordination with CPIB to obtain documents and information that can be completed in the investigation of this case.
Meanwhile, Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu said his agency would cooperate with the oil-producing state anti-corruption agency. This need was carried out because the KPK focused on exploring the purchase of oil which was allegedly not carried out directly between companies or national oil companies (NOC) but through brokers or third parties.
"We will cooperate with each anti-corruption agency in each country to see whether the trading between Indonesia, represented by Pertamina, in this case Petral directly with the country's NOC or not," Asep told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted on Friday, November 21.
"Whether it's direct with Petronas or not, or it turns out to be just a document. Is it direct, for example, with Arabic, for example with Aramco or not. Well, like that," he continued.
Previously reported, KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto said the Attorney General's Office had transferred the case of corruption in the procurement of crude oil by Pertamina Energy Trading Ltd. (Petral) or PT Pertamina Energy Services Pte. Ltd (PES) to his institution.
He said this process occurred because the Adhyaksa Corps knew that the KPK had issued a new investigation warrant (sprindik) in October. However, no suspects have yet been named.
The articles used in this regulation are Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.
"Karena tahu bahwa KPK sudah menerbitkan surat perintah penyidikan, sudah melakukan pemeriksaan-pemeriksaan maka penanganannya dari Kejaksaan dilimpahkan," kata Setyo kepada wartawan di Bogor, Jawa Barat, Selasa, 18 November.
However, the Head of the Attorney General's Office, Anang Supriatna, denied the delegation. The investigation into Petral's case is said to be still being carried out by the Adhyaksa Corps.
"First, there is no delegation yet, no delegation at all. Second, there is no term exchange or exchange of rolls, nothing, nothing," Anang told reporters at the Prosecutor's Complex, South Jakarta, Friday, November 21.
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