Attorney General's Office Names 7 Suspects in Petral Case, Only 5 Detained
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has named seven individuals as suspects in the alleged corruption case concerning the procurement of crude oil and refinery products at Pertamina Energy Trading Ltd (Petral) during the period 2008-2015. The investigative team discovered leaks of confidential information and tender conditioning that disadvantaged PT Pertamina (Persero).
Director of Investigations for the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Dirdik Jampidsus) Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi confirmed the designation of statuses and coercive measures against the five suspects. He explained that the majority of the suspects are from within Pertamina and Petral, while the remainder are private parties acting as suppliers.
“Five suspects have been detained in detention centres for the next 20 days. As for one suspect named BBG, based on health examination results, city arrest has been imposed on him. Then, for one suspect, namely MRC, he is already a wanted person for the Attorney General’s Office,” he stated, quoted on Friday (10/4/2026).
The details of the seven suspects are as follows:
BBG (Manager of Marketing and Trading Directorate at PT Pertamina)
AGS (Head of Trading PES from 2012-2014)
MLY (Senior Trader at PETRAL from 2009-2015)
NRD
TFK (VP ISC at PT Pertamina)
MRC (Beneficial Owner of several companies participating in the tender)
IRW (Director of companies owned by MRC).
“During the period 2008-2015, there was procurement of crude oil and refinery products. The investigative team found facts of actions involving leaks of internal PES confidential information regarding crude oil and gasoline needs as well as other information carried out by one of the suspects,” Syarief explained.
Investigators also uncovered a modus operandi of communication between private parties and procurement officials to set the Estimated Own Price (HPS) values. As a result, the procurement became non-competitive, leading to price markups that burdened the state-owned company’s finances.
“Such communication involved tender conditioning and HPS value information, resulting in markups or overpriced costs because the procurement was not competitive,” he said.
The suspects are also alleged to have issued procurement guidelines in June 2012 that contradicted the minutes of Pertamina’s board meeting. This impacted the supply chain, making it longer and causing product selling prices to be higher than they should have been.
Currently, the AGO is coordinating with the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) to calculate the total state losses. The suspects are charged under Article 603 and subsidiarly Article 3 of the Corruption Eradication Law.