Two defendants in the alleged corruption case concerning the\nprocurement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have been demanded sentences\nof 5.5 and 6.5 years in prison. The prosecutors are convinced that both\ndefendants are guilty in the case.<\/p>\n
The prosecution hearing was held at the Central Jakarta Corruption\nCourt on Monday (13\/4\/2026). The two defendants are former Director of\nGas at PT Pertamina, Hari Karyuliarto, and former VP of Strategic\nPlanning Business Development at Pertamina\u2019s Gas Directorate, Yenni\nAndayani.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeclaring that defendant I Hari Karyuliarto Yulianto and defendant\nII Yenni Andayani have been legally and convincingly proven guilty of\ncommitting the criminal act of corruption as charged in the first\nindictment, violating Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter\nc in conjunction with Article 126 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code,\u201d\nstated the prosecutor while reading the verdict.<\/p>\n
\u201cImposing a prison sentence on defendant I Hari Karyuliarto of 6\nyears and 6 months,\u201d added the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor demanded that Hari pay a fine of Rp 200 million. If\nthe fine is not paid, it will be replaced with imprisonment for 80\ndays.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd a fine of Rp 200,000,000 subsidiary to replacement imprisonment\nof 80 days,\u201d said the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the prosecutor demanded a prison sentence of 5.5 years for\nYenni. The prosecutor also demanded that Yenni pay a fine of Rp 200\nmillion subsidiary to 80 days of imprisonment.<\/p>\n
\u201cImposing a prison sentence on defendant II Yenni Andayani of 5 years\nand 6 months and a fine of Rp 200,000,000 subsidiary to replacement\nimprisonment of 80 days,\u201d said the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor stated that aggravating factors in the demand include\nthe defendants not supporting the government\u2019s programme to realise\nclean governance free from corruption, collusion, and nepotism.\nFurthermore, the defendants\u2019 actions are deemed to have damaged public\ntrust in state institutions or government bodies in law enforcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cLightening factors for the defendants are that they have never been\npunished before, and the defendants were polite in court,\u201d said the\nprosecutor.<\/p>\n
Indictment<\/p>\n
Previously, the public prosecutor from the Corruption Eradication\nCommission (KPK) indicted the two defendants in the new LNG procurement\ncorruption case, causing state losses of USD 113 million. The two\ndefendants are former Director of Gas at PT Pertamina, Hari Karyuliarto,\nand former VP of Strategic Planning Business Development at Pertamina\u2019s\nGas Directorate, Yenni Andayani.<\/p>\n
The indictment hearing was held at the Central Jakarta Corruption\nCourt on Tuesday (23\/12\/2025). Both are accused of committing the acts\ntogether with former Pertamina CEO Galaila Karen Kardinah or Karen\nAgustiawan, who has already been convicted earlier in this case.<\/p>\n
\u201cCommitting acts of enriching themselves or others or a corporation,\nnamely enriching Galaila Karen Kardinah alias Karen Agustiawan by Rp\n1,091,280,281 (Rp 1 billion) and USD 104,016, and enriching the\ncorporation Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC by USD 113,839,186 (USD 113\nmillion),\u201d said the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor stated that the loss figure is based on the\ninvestigative audit report from the Audit Board of Indonesia (BPK RI).\nThe prosecutor said the gas purchase was carried out on the grounds that\ndomestic gas stocks were limited, so Pertamina needed to buy gas from\nthe US.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said that the principal permit related to the LNG\nprocurement was issued by Karen without guidelines for implementing LNG\nprocurement. The LNG procurement, according to the prosecutor, was\ncarried out based on best practices that Pertamina always followed as a\nstate LNG seller.<\/p>\n
After various negotiation processes and internal discussions,\nPertamina proceeded with the purchase of gas from Corpus Christi\nLiquefaction LLC. However, according to the prosecutor, Pertamina did\nnot yet have a fixed LNG buyer in the domestic market to absorb or\npurchase the LNG from the US company.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor stated that the LNG purchase was not accompanied by a\nfinal economic analysis or calculation. This condition led to an excess\nor over-supply of LNG.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhereas according to the interim risk study related to the volume of\nLNG imports to be purchased by Pertamina\u2019s Gas Directorate, there should\nbe a gas sales agreement (GSA) before the LNG SPA (sales and purchase\nagreement) is signed, so that the LNG can be absorbed 95 percent\naccording to the statistical probability approach, or 90 percent\naccording to the conservative approach, or 80 percent of the LNG SPA\nvolume according to the aggressive approach, thus not causing losses to\nPT Pertamina,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said that Pertamina then sold the surplus imported LNG\nto buyers abroad from 2019 to 2023. The prosecutor stated that the total\ncost of purchasing 18 cargoes of LNG from Corpus Christi Liquefaction\nincurred by Pertamina amounted to USD 341,410,404, and Pertamina sold it\nat a loss with a sales value of USD 248,784,764.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said that Pertamina suffered losses from this buying\nand selling practice amounting to USD 92,625,640. The prosecutor also\nsaid there was uncommitted cargo, causing Pertamina to pay a suspension\nfee of USD 10,045,980.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor further stated that the defendants\u2019 actions caused\nstate losses of USD 113,839,186. This amount is equivalent to Rp 1.9\ntrillion based on the current exchange rate.<\/p>\n
\u201cCausing losses to the state finances of PT Pertamina (Persero)\namounting to USD 113,839,186,\u201d said the prosecutor.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/two-defendants-in-lng-corruption-case-demanded-5-5-and-6-5-years-in-prison-1776095486", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }