Former CEO of PT PPN, Riva Siahaan, Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison
The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced former CEO of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, Riva Siahaan, to 9 years in prison and a fine of IDR 1 billion, with a subsidiary of 190 days, in a corruption case involving the management of crude oil and refinery products at PT Pertamina (Persero).
“The court sentences the defendant, Riva Siahaan, to 9 years in prison and a fine of IDR 1 billion, to be paid within one month and can be extended for a maximum of one month from the date the verdict becomes legally binding,” said the chairman of the panel of judges during the hearing at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday (13/2).
In addition, the panel of judges also acquitted Riva Siahaan and others from paying compensation for state losses.
Riva was sentenced along with two other defendants. Maya Kusmaya, former Director of Marketing and Trading at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, was sentenced to 9 years in prison and a fine of IDR 1 billion, with a subsidiary of 190 days.
The VP of Trading Operations at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga was sentenced to 10 years.
Meanwhile, Edward Corne (EC), former VP of Trading Operations at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of IDR 1 billion, with a subsidiary of 190 days.
In delivering the verdict, the judge stated several aggravating and mitigating factors. The aggravating factor was that the defendant’s actions did not support the government’s efforts to combat corruption.
The mitigating factors were that the defendant was polite during the trial, had no prior convictions, and had a family to support.
This sentence is much lighter than the prosecutor’s demand of 14 years in prison.
Dissenting Opinion
Judge Mulyono, a member of the panel, had a dissenting opinion regarding this verdict.
According to him, the element of financial loss to the state or the economy resulting from the illegal acts was not fulfilled and not proven by the prosecutor.
In this case, a total of 18 people, including Riva and others, were designated as suspects by the Attorney General’s Office. They were charged with enriching themselves, others, or a corporation, causing losses to the state amounting to IDR 285.18 trillion.
This figure consists of financial losses to the state amounting to USD 2.73 billion and IDR 25.44 trillion, economic losses to the state amounting to IDR 171.99 trillion, and illegal profits of USD 2.62 billion.
One of the suspects is the son of Riza Chalid, Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza. Meanwhile, Riza Chalid himself is still a fugitive and on the wanted list.
Previously, the CEO of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga for the period of June 2023-2025, Riva Siahaan, was charged with committing illegal acts that harmed the state in the import of refinery products/fuel oil and the sale of non-subsidized diesel fuel. These criminal acts were committed together with a number of other defendants between 2018 and 2023.
“That the defendant, Riva Siahaan, as the Director of Marketing and Trading at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga for the period of October 2021-June 2023 and as the CEO of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga for the period of June 2023-2025, during the period of 2018-2023, committed or participated in committing illegal acts,” said prosecutor Feraldy Abraham Harahap while reading the indictment at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Thursday (9/10).
The other defendants involved in this criminal act include the Assistant Manager of Crude Import Trading at the Crude Trading ISC Function of PT Pertamina Persero 2019-2020, Edward Corne; VP of Trading & Other Business at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga for the period of 2021 to 2023, as the Director of Marketing and Trading at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, Maya Kusuma; VP of Intermediate Supply at PT Pertamina (Persero) in 2017-2018, Toto Nugroho.
Then there’s the SVP of Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) at Pertamina in 2018-2020, Hasto Wibowo; Business Development Manager at PT Trafigura in 2019-2021, Martin Haendra Nata; and VP of Supply and Distribution at PT Pertamina in 2011-2015, Alfian Nasution.
Each of them is being prosecuted separately.
The location of the criminal act occurred at the PT Pertamina Head Office, Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur, Central Jakarta; the PT Pertamina Patra Niaga Office at Wisma Tugu II 2nd Floor, Jalan Rasuna Said, Kuningan, South Jakarta; the PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (PT KPI) Office at Graha Pertamina Gedung Fastron Lt.7-9 Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur, Central Jakarta; or at least at another place within the jurisdiction of the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, which has the authority to examine and decide the case.