Agus Purwono Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison in Crude Oil Corruption Case
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Vice President (VP) Feedstock Management PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (PT KPI), Agus Purwono, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a case involving alleged corruption in the management of crude oil and refinery products at PT Pertamina Persero.
“The court, in its decision, sentences the defendant Agus Purwono to 10 years in prison and a fine of Rp 1 billion, or in default, 190 days in prison,” said the Chairman of the Panel of Judges, Fajar Kusuma Aji, while reading out the verdict in a hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday (27/2/2026) early morning.
Agus committed this unlawful act together with the Director of PT Pertamina International Shipping (PT PIS), Yoki Firnandi; and the Director of Feedstock and Product Optimization PT KPI, Sani Dinar Saifuddin.
Yoki and Sani Dinar were each sentenced to 9 years in prison with a fine of Rp 1 billion, or in default, 190 days in prison.
The defendants were not required to pay compensation as they were not believed to have benefited from the corruption.
In the procurement of crude oil exports for the KKKS (Working Area Operators) period of 2020-2023, Yoki, Sani Dinar, and Dwi Sudarsono (a defendant in a separate case), approved the sale and export of crude oil after carrying out a series of manipulations.
Some of the KKKS whose oil supplies were purchased by Pertamina include Medco E&P Natuna, Petronas Carigali Ketapang II Ltd (PCK II), and PT Pema Global Energi (PT PGE).
One of these manipulations was that domestically produced crude oil could not be absorbed by Pertamina’s refineries and could therefore be exported.
In the procurement of imported crude oil, the three defendants purchased oil using the spot method, which caused Pertamina to have to pay a higher price.
In the process, 10 business partners were involved in the bidding process for the procurement of imported crude oil. These companies ultimately obtained a number of benefits through a process that did not comply with the principles and guidelines for procurement.
Some of the foreign companies that benefited from this are Vitol Asia PTE LTD, Shell International Eastern Trading Company, and ExxonMobil Asia Pacific PTE LTD.
The procurement process for the lease of Kerry’s ships also involved a number of irregularities and collusion.
The defendants’ actions caused significant financial losses to the state.
For the ship lease procurement, the financial losses caused to the state amounted to 6.03 million US dollars.
Meanwhile, for the import and export of crude oil, the amount was not specified by the panel of judges.
The defendants were found to have violated Article 2 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) sub-1 of the Criminal Code.
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