Central Jakarta District Court to Hold First Hearing in Corruption Case Against Former PGN President Director Next Week
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Central Jakarta District Court will hold the first hearing in the alleged corruption case against the defendant, President Director of PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) Tbk for the period 2008-2017, Hendi Prio Santoso, on Wednesday (8/4).
Spokesperson for the Central Jakarta District Court, Andi Saputra, stated that the case relates to alleged corruption in the gas sales cooperation at PT PGN from 2017 to 2021.
“The Chief of the Central Jakarta District Court has appointed the panel of judges to try the case, namely Chief Judge Ni Kadek Susantiani, accompanied by member judges Sunoto and Mardiantos,” said Andi to reporters in Jakarta on Thursday.
In addition to Hendi, the trial also involves the President Commissioner of PT Inti Alasindo Energy (IAE), Arso Sadewo Tjokrosoebroto, who will be tried in the first hearing with the agenda of reading the indictment.
The alleged gas sales corruption case originated from the approval of PT PGN’s 2017 Work Plan and Budget (RKAP) on 19 December 2016.
In that RKAP, there was no plan for PT PGN to purchase gas from PT IAE. However, on 2 November 2017, a cooperation agreement document was signed between the two companies after several stages.
On 9 November 2017, PT PGN paid a down payment of US$15 million.
Therefore, in this case, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) initially named two suspects, namely the Commercial Director of PT PGN for the period 2016-2019, Danny Praditya, and the Commissioner of PT IAE for the years 2006-2023, Iswan Ibrahim.
Both have been sentenced to six years in prison and a fine of Rp250 million subsidiary six months in prison, on 12 January 2026.
However, Iswan was also imposed with an additional penalty of restitution to pay US$3.33 million subsidiary three years in prison, as he was proven to be the recipient of the corrupt fund flow in the amount of the restitution imposed.
Due to the corrupt acts of the two defendants, the panel of judges stated that there was a state loss of US$15 million or equivalent to Rp246 billion (exchange rate of Rp16,400 per US dollar) in the case.
The KPK, on 1 October 2025, announced Hendi as a suspect and immediately detained him. On 21 October 2025, the KPK then announced suspect status for Arso and also immediately detained the individual.