Police confiscate 470 tons of hoarded fuel aboard ship<\/p>\n
Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post , Jakarta<\/p>\n
The city police have confiscated at least 470 tons of hoarded
\ndiesel fuel, worth Rp 5 billion, on a barge off the northern
\ncoast of Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The City police financial detectives division, led by Adj.
\nCom. Suhardiyanto, said on Thursday that it had raided the ship
\nKencana Jaya One on Tuesday at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
The ship's crew was also caught red-handed selling 2.5 tons of
\ndiesel fuel to a locally owned domestic fishing ship that
\noperated abroad, Jimmy Wijaya 36. The ship was bound for Sri
\nLanka.<\/p>\n
The ship sold the fuel to the fishing ship at a price of Rp
\n1.015 per liter, higher than the normal price of Rp 900.<\/p>\n
Based on regulations of the state oil company Pertamina, which
\ncontrols the fuel trade, the ship was not allowed to sell fuel to
\nany vessel other than domestic fishing ships operating within
\nIndonesian waters.<\/p>\n
A reliable source said that several people from Pertamina were
\nbelieved to be behind the hoarding incident.<\/p>\n
The ship had been under the police surveillance since Dec. 25,
\n2001, suspected of hoarding a large amount of fuel since November
\n2001.<\/p>\n
According to a detective from the city police, the owner of
\nthe ship, H. Dani from PT. Millennium, transferred the use of the
\nship to H. Sutarto from PT. Nasitor.<\/p>\n
He said that by doing so Dani had violated an agreement
\nbetween his company and Pertamina, which ruled that such a
\ntransfer to other parties needed the state firm's prior
\npermission.<\/p>\n
However, the ship had managed to get the transfer license
\nwithout any permission from Pertamina and had secured a delivery
\nof diesel fuel from Koperasi Bandar Sunda Kelapa, a trading agent
\nof Pertamina.<\/p>\n
The police also found that Pertamina had not attempted to
\nlocate or report the ship, although it had not sold its fuel load
\nfor the last two months.<\/p>\n
According to the detective, if a ship failed to sell all its
\nfuel within 24 hours, it was obliged to report it to Pertamina.
\nPertamina would then ask the ship to make a new delivery or
\nreturn the fuel.<\/p>\n
City police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam said that at least
\nfive people had been detained in their inquiry. They would be
\ncharged with violating government regulation No. 22\/2001 on oil
\nand gas.<\/p>\n
Article No. 53c of the regulations relating to hoarding
\ncarries a maximum penalty of three years' imprisonment and a fine
\nof Rp 3 billion. Article No. 50a on trading oil and gas illegally
\ncarries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment and a fine
\nof Rp 5 billion.<\/p>\n
Anton dismissed an accusation that certain military officers
\nwere involved in the illegal trading.<\/p>",
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