Court delivers verdicts in crude oil corruption case until early morning

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The sentencing hearing for the alleged corruption case involving the management of crude oil and refinery products during the period of 2018-2023, held at the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court, continued until early Friday morning.

Based on ANTARA’s monitoring, the hearing for the nine defendants began on Thursday (February 26) afternoon at around 4:00 PM and lasted until early Friday morning at around 4:00 AM, taking almost 12 hours. The hearing was divided into three groups, each consisting of three defendants, and was led by Chief Justice Fajar Kusuma Aji in the Muhammad Hatta Ali courtroom.

In the first group hearing, which began on Thursday (February 26) at around 4:00 PM, the verdicts were read for Riva Siahaan, Director of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga in 2023; Maya Kusuma, Director of Marketing and Trading at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga in 2023; and Edward Corne, Vice President of Trading at Pertamina Patra Niaga for the period 2023-2025. Riva and Maya were sentenced to 9 years in prison, while Edward received a 10-year sentence. All three were also ordered to pay a fine of IDR 1 billion each, with a subsidiary sentence of 190 days in prison.

In the second group hearing, which began on Thursday (February 26) at around 9:00 PM, the verdicts were read for Yoki Firnandi, Director of PT Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) for the period 2022-2024; Agus Purwono, Vice President of Feedstock Management at PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (KPI) for the period 2023-2024; and Sani Dinar Saifudin, Director of Feedstock and Product Optimization at PT KPI for the period 2022-2025. Yoki and Sani were sentenced to 9 years in prison each, while Agus received a 10-year sentence. All three were also ordered to pay a fine of IDR 1 billion each, with a subsidiary sentence of 190 days in prison.

In the third group, the sentencing hearing began on Friday at around 2:00 AM for Muhammad Kerry Andrianto Riza, the beneficial owner of PT Navigator Khatulistiwa; Gading Ramadhan Juedo, Commissioner of PT Pelayaran Mahameru Kencana Abadi (PMKA); and Dimas Werhaspati, Commissioner of PT Jenggala Maritim Nusantara (JMN). Kerry was sentenced to 15 years in prison, while Gading and Dimas each received a 14-year sentence. All three were also ordered to pay a fine of IDR 1 billion each, with a subsidiary sentence of 190 days in prison.

Specifically, Kerry was also ordered to pay restitution amounting to IDR 2.9 trillion, with a subsidiary sentence of 5 years in prison.