JAKARTA – The Attorney General’s Office has revealed state losses amounting to IDR 193.7 trillion due to alleged corruption in crude oil and refinery product management at PT Pertamina (Persero) and the Cooperation Contract Contractors (KKKS) from 2018 to 2023.

According to the Attorney General’s Office, these losses stem from various components, ranging from crude oil exports from within the country to crude oil imports from abroad.

“Fuel imports through brokers, as well as the provision of compensation and subsidies, caused oil prices to rise,” said Abdul Qohar, Director of Investigations at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, on Monday (24/2).

At present, seven individuals have been named as suspects in this case. Some of them include Riva Siahaan (President Director of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga), Sani Dinar Saifuddin (Director of Feedstock & Product Optimisation at PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional or KPI), Yoki Firnandi (Director of PT Pertamina Internasional Shipping), and Agus Purwono (VP Feedstock Management at KPI).

Meanwhile, the brokers involved in the alleged corruption case include Muhammad Keery Andrianto Riza (PT Navigator Khatulistiwa), Dimas Werhaspati, Commissioner of PT Navigator Khatulistiwa, and Gading Ramadan Joede (Commissioner of PT Jenggala Maritim).

Qohar added that the collusion among these suspects has led to high fuel prices at the retail level. “The base price component used as a reference for determining the Market Index Price (HIP) of fuel sold to the public became expensive,” said Qohar. (KR/ZH)