Former Pertamina Director: Corpus Christi Received Money Due to LNG Sales
The case also implicates Yenni Andayani, Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Pertamina’s Gas Directorate from 2012 to 2013, as a defendant.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Hari Karyuliarto, Director of Gas at PT Pertamina (Persero) from 2012 to 2014, claims that the receipt of funds by Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC (CCL) in the case involving him stems from the sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
According to him, Corpus Christi, as a United States company, must indeed be given compensation for LNG sales through payments in accordance with the contract.
“They did not receive money due to some alleged collusion, conspiracy, or other matters, so it cannot be said that Corpus Christi was enriched,” Hari stated when met after the defendant’s examination hearing at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday.
He mentioned that this is further supported by the fact that CCL has not been presented at the trial. However, if that company were a party that was enriched, it should also be examined.
“But the mechanism has never been executed or implemented by the KPK, and to this day, Corpus Christi has also never been brought forward,” he revealed.
Hari Karyuliarto is one of the defendants in the alleged corruption case regarding the procurement of LNG from CCL by Pertamina and related institutions from 2011 to 2021.
The case also drags in Yenni Andayani, Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Pertamina’s Gas Directorate from 2012 to 2013, as a defendant.
The unlawful acts committed by the two defendants are as follows: Hari is alleged to have failed to prepare guidelines for the LNG procurement process from international sources and still proceeded with the LNG procurement from Cheniere Energy Inc.
Meanwhile, Yenni proposed to Hari to sign the Circular Board of Directors Meeting Minutes regarding the decision on signing the LNG Train 1 and Train 2 sales and purchase agreement from CCL without supporting economic studies, risk assessments, and their mitigation in the CCL LNG procurement process, as well as without a CCL LNG buyer bound by an agreement.
Thus, the acts of the two defendants are regulated and punishable under Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law No. 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) first of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.