JAKARTA - A number of witnesses have denied that there was an arrangement for the winner of the tender for the procurement of ships carried out by Pertamina International Shipping (PIS). The process that is running is in accordance with the applicable mechanisms and procedures and involves the board of directors.
This was revealed in the continuation of the trial of the corruption case for the management of crude oil and refinery products of PT Pertamina at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Tuesday, December 9. There were eight witnesses who were presented from PIS, Pertamina International Refinery to private parties.
"All decisions are made through the manager, VP, to the operational functions. I just carry out the results of discussions and written directions that have been agreed upon," said Siddha Pradipta as Assistant Manager of Settlement in the trial.
The PIS leases more than 200 ships and 800 tenders. The procurement of leased ships is carried out in a year. From these figures, there are only three ships of PT Jenggala Maritim Nusantara (JMN) owned by Riza Chalid's son, Muhamad Kerry Adrianto Riza.
Meanwhile, I Ketut Permadi Arya Kumara as VP Sales PIS said his company's coordination with KPI was carried out based on the proposal for the ship's needs, tariff analysis, and market sounding that was commonly carried out before procurement. He explained that the emergence of the Suezmax ship option in 2023 came from the need.
"In the minutes of the FGD, it was mentioned that the ship needed 600-950 MB. The Suezmax ship emerged because of that need, and was adjusted to the volume that had to be transported. So it's not because there is a special directive from anyone," he said.
Meanwhile, Retno Wulandari, who oversees the procurement and asset management functions, said PIS applies high procurement standards. This condition makes it impossible to intervene, considering that in the future there will also be internal audits.
"I am not regulated by the defendant, there is no intervention," said Retno.
On a separate occasion, Kerry has spoken out about the arrangements in the process of renting ships by Pertamina and alleged intervention in the submission of credit at Bank Mandiri in the purchase of JMN ships. He said that all stages had been carried out by his party in the tender process.
He also emphasized that the scale of his business was not comparable to the narrative that was circulating. Kerry said his company only operated three ships or was smaller than the hundreds of ships managed by Pertamina and its affiliates.
English:
"I'm not a big ship player. My ship is only three out of 200 more ships," he said on the sidelines of the trial.
As previously reported, the Attorney General's Prosecutor (JPU) charged Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza and two other defendants with causing state financial losses estimated at IDR 285.1 trillion.
The prosecutor said that the cooperation in renting the Merak Fuel Terminal was carried out with PT Pertamina Patra Niaga even though at that time an additional fuel terminal was not needed. The value of the losses from this cooperation is estimated to reach IDR 2.9 trillion.
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