JAKARTA - The President Director of PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) Tbk for the period 2008-2017, Hendi Prio Santoso, faces the first trial related to the alleged corruption case in the gas sales and purchase cooperation, at the Corruption Court at the Jakpus PN, Wednesday, April 8.
Apart from Hendi, the same trial also includes PT Inti Alasindo Energy (IAE) President Commissioner Arso Sadewo Tjokrosoebroto, who will be tried in the first trial with the agenda of reading the indictment.
"The PGN case, with the defendant Hendi Prio Santoso et al., the agenda for reading the indictment," said PN Jakpus spokesman Andi Saputra, quoted by Antara.
The trial will be chaired by Chief Judge Ni Kadek Susantiani, accompanied by members of the court Sunoto and Mardiantos.
The case of alleged corruption in the sale and purchase of gas began with the approval of the Company's Budget Work Plan (RKAP) of PT PGN for 2017 on December 19, 2016.
In the RKAP, there is no plan for PT PGN to buy gas from PT IAE. However, on November 2, 2017, a cooperation document was signed between the two companies after going through several stages.
On November 9, 2017, PT PGN paid an advance of 15 million US dollars.
Therefore, in this case, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) initially named two suspects, namely the Commercial Director of PT PGN for the period 2016-2019 Danny Praditya and Commissioner of PT IAE in 2006-2023 Iswan Ibrahim.
Both of them were sentenced to 6 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 250 million with a 6-month imprisonment, on January 12, 2026.
However, Iswan was also given an additional penalty in the form of compensation money to pay compensation money of 3.33 million US dollars (USD) in addition to 3 years in prison, because he was proven to be the beneficiary of the corrupt funds flow of the compensation money imposed.
As a result of the corruption of the two defendants, the panel of judges stated that a state loss of 15 million US dollars or equivalent to Rp246 billion (exchange rate of Rp16,400 per US dollar) had occurred in the case.
The KPK, on October 1, 2025, also announced former Hendi as a suspect and immediately detained him. On October 21, 2025, the KPK then announced the status of a suspect for Arso and also immediately detained the person concerned.
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