BPK Auditor Reveals US Company Refuses Inspection in LNG Corruption Case
The presiding judges examined the calculation methodology for state losses in the alleged corruption case concerning liquefied natural gas (LNG) procurement. BPK auditors Aurora Magdalena and Arlin Gunawan Siregar, who served as witnesses, revealed that the US company Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC (CCL) refused to be examined when the BPK conducted its calculation of state losses.
This was disclosed by Aurora Magdalena and Arlin Gunawan Siregar when they were presented as witnesses by the prosecution during the LNG corruption allegation trial at the Corruption Court in Central Jakarta on Monday, 9 March 2026. The defendants in the trial are former Director of Gas at PT Pertamina Hari Karyuliarto and former Vice President of Strategic Planning Business Development at Pertamina’s Gas Directorate Yenni Andayani.
Initially, Arlin stated that his team only requested information from Corpus Christi via email. Arlin said investigators could not bring Corpus Christi representatives to Indonesia.
“So, was there a method you used like that? For example, did you summon someone from Corpus Christi? Or did you only work through documents or email?” asked presiding judge Suwandi.
“So we sent a letter requesting information, Your Honour, but the fact is that until the examination ended, investigators were never able to bring Corpus Christi to Indonesia,” Arlin replied.
“So only through email then?” the judge asked.
“Yes, that’s correct,” Arlin answered.
Aurora then added to that response. Aurora said the request for information from Corpus Christi was made through the KPK via Pertamina.
“We requested confirmation from Corpus Christi, but not directly from our letter. Rather, through a request from the KPK, which sent a letter to Pertamina, requesting an explanation regarding price and the Corpus Christi price formula,” Aurora said.
“There was a letter from the KPK to Pertamina requesting an explanation about the price, then Pertamina sent a letter to Corpus Christi and it was answered by Corpus Christi that the price was the same as all prices given to other contract buyers,” Aurora added.
Aurora said the BPK conducted confirmation regarding the price formula. She stated that Corpus Christi was only willing to answer questions from Pertamina as its client and unwilling to answer questions from other parties, including the BPK or KPK.
“So we confirmed regarding the price formula and we could not do it directly because, well, it was different. Corpus Christi only considered Pertamina as its client. So it would not provide information to other parties except to Pertamina,” Aurora said.
Aurora stated that the BPK, along with the KPK, sent a letter requesting an explanation to Pertamina. Subsequently, Pertamina conveyed those questions to Corpus Christi.
Aurora said the BPK and KPK also visited the Corpus Christi refinery in Texas, USA. She said Corpus Christi participated in question-and-answer sessions, but refused to participate in an official statement of questions and answers (BA).
“There was a KPK and BPK team that went to Austin, Texas, to the Corpus Christi refinery and their policy at that time was that they did not want to answer questions from the BPK. They only wanted to answer questions from Pertamina. So the procedure followed was that the KPK at that time submitted questions to Pertamina, and Pertamina conveyed the questions,” Aurora said.
“We were also allowed to ask questions directly during discussions with Corpus Christi, but we could not do so in an official statement, could not document it in a statement of questions and answers, only in discussion form. Subsequently, the results from that visit were documented when the KPK interviewed Pertamina,” she added.
Charges
Previously, the public prosecutor at the KPK charged two new defendants in the LNG or liquefied natural gas corruption case, which caused losses to the state of USD 113 million. The two defendants are Hari Karyuliarto and Yenni Andayani.
The charges hearing was held at the Corruption Court in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, 23 December 2025. Both are charged with committing these acts together with former Pertamina Director General Galaila Karen Kardinah or Karen Agustiawan, who has already been convicted in this case.
“Committing acts of enriching oneself or another person or a corporation, namely enriching Galaila Karen Kardinah alias Karen Agustiawan by Rp 1,091,280,281 (Rp 1 billion) and USD 104,016, as well as enriching the corporation Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC by USD 113,839,186 (USD 113 million),” the prosecutor said.