Alex Noerdin Responds To The Attorney General's Call, Examined As Witness To Purchase Natural Gas 2010-2019

Documentation of Alex Noerdin (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Member of the House of Representatives Alex Noerdin has complied with the summons of investigators from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) for questioning as a witness in a case of alleged corruption in the purchase of natural gas by BUMD for the South Sumatra Regional Mining and Energy Company for the 2010-2019 period.

The Director of Investigations of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Supardi when confirmed, confirmed this. "Yes, it has come," Supardi said as quoted by Antara, Thursday, September 15.

When asked when he arrived at the Roundhouse and what the status of the investigation was, Supardi did not give a detailed answer. Supardi only made sure the person concerned had come to the Round Building.

"Anyway, it's arrived, we'll see (its status) later," said Supardi.

The AGO has sent a summons to Alex Noerdin on Monday, September 13. However, the person concerned was not present due to the reason that he was currently in session in the DPR.

Meanwhile, the Attorney General's Center for Legal Information will announce that it will hold a press conference on the alleged corruption case of the South Sumatra PDPDE on Thursday at 13.30 WIB.

As is known in the PDPDE case, the Attorney General's Office has named two suspects, namely the initials CISS as the main director of the PDPDE South Sumatra for the 2008 period and the director of PT Dika Karya Lintas Nusa with the initials AYH.

Based on an audit by the State Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia, this case is suspected to have caused state losses of US$ 30,000,000 from gas sales revenues minus operating costs during the 2010-2019 period. Then, the loss is also calculated from the paid-in capital that should not have been paid by the South Sumatra PDPDE.

Previously, the Head of the Attorney General's Legal Information Center, Leonard Simanjuntak, explained that this case occurred between 2010-2019.

The South Sumatra Provincial Government received an allocation to purchase the state's share of natural gas from JOB PT Pertamina, Talisman Ltd, Pacific Oil and Gas Ltd, Jambi Merang (JOB Jambi Merang) in the amount of 15 MMSCFD based on the decision of the Oil and Gas Management Agency (BP Migas) at the request of the Governor South Sumatra Alex Noerdin.

BP Migas' decision to appoint South Sumatra PDPDE BUMD as the buyer of the country's share of natural gas. However, with the argument that PDPDE does not have technical experience and funds, South Sumatra PDPDE in collaboration with private investors, PT Dika Karya Lintas Nusa formed a joint venture company PT PDPDE Gas with a composition of 15 percent share ownership for South Sumatra PDPDE and 85 percent for PT DKLN.

Simanjuntak added that investigators are still continuing their investigation to find other suspects who are suspected of co-participating in committing a criminal act of corruption in the purchase of natural gas by the South Sumatra PDPDE BUMD in 2010-2019.