Breaking News: Attorney General's Office Names 7 Suspects in PETRAL Corruption Case, Including MRC
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has named seven individuals as suspects in the alleged criminal corruption case concerning the procurement of crude oil and refinery products at PT Pertamina Energy Trading Limited (PETRAL) for the period 2008-2015, which is a development of the crude oil governance case. This designation was announced by the Head of the Legal Information Centre of Kejagung, Anang Supriatna, during a press conference at the Kejagung headquarters in South Jakarta on Thursday (9/4/2026).
“As we know, the Attorney General’s investigative team elevated the PETRAL case to investigation status in October 2025. In its development, the investigative team has conducted a series of thorough, professional, accountable investigative actions, while upholding the principles of caution and the presumption of innocence,” Anang stated.
“And from the collection of evidence available, including witness statements, documentary and electronic evidence, as well as expert opinions, tonight, on 9 April 2026, seven suspects have been named,” he continued.
Director of Investigation of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, explained that during the 2008-2015 period, there was procurement of crude oil and refinery products at PT Pertamina. According to him, the investigative team found facts of acts involving leaks of confidential internal information from Pertamina Energy Services (PES) regarding crude oil and gasoline needs, as well as other information, carried out by one of the suspects.
“Then, another suspect, namely MRC, as the beneficial owner (BO) of several companies, together with suspect IRW through several of his companies or affiliated companies, has influenced the procurement or tender process for crude oil, refinery products, and transportation,” Syarief said.
“So, in essence, Mr. MRC through Mr. IRW conducted communications with procurement officials both at PETRAL and Pertamina, including with suspect BBG, Mr. IRW, Mr. MLY, and Mr. TFK. These communications involved conditioning the tender, providing HPS value information, resulting in mark-ups or overpriced costs because the procurement became non-competitive,” he added.
To accommodate the interests of MRC and IRW, Syarief continued, in June 2012, suspects BBG, AGS, NRT, and MLY issued guidelines that contradicted the minutes of the Pertamina board meeting. After the tender was conducted in various ways, PES, assisted by company YR, signed an MoU when including refinery products for 2012-2014.
“The tender process for crude oil procurement resulted in a longer supply chain and higher prices, especially for GASOLINE88 or what we know as PREMIUM and GASOLINE 92 products. This caused losses to PT Pertamina,” Syarief stated.
In this case, the investigative team has named seven suspects as follows:
BBG (Marketing and Trading Director Manager at PT Pertamina)
AGS (Head of Trading PES in 2012-2014)
MLY (Senior Trader PETRAL in 2009-2015)
NRD
TFK (VP ISC PT Pertamina)
MRC (Beneficial Owner of several companies participating in the tender)
IRW (Director of companies owned by MRC).
According to Syarief, the suspects are alleged to have violated Article 603 and subsidiarily Article 3 of the Law on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption. Five suspects will be detained in a detention centre for the next 20 days.
“Whereas for one suspect named BBG, based on health examination results, he will be subject to city detention. As for one suspect, namely MRC, he is already a wanted person (DPO) for the Attorney General’s Office. Regarding the amount of state losses, we are currently calculating it together with BPKP colleagues,” Syarief explained.