Former Pertamina Director Faces Prosecution Hearing in LNG Corruption Case
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Hari Karyuliarto, Director of Gas at PT Pertamina (Persero) from 2012 to 2014, is facing a hearing for the reading of the prosecution’s demands related to the alleged corruption case involving the procurement of liquefied natural gas (LNG), at the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday.
Hari will face the hearing alongside Yenni Andayani, Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Pertamina’s Gas Directorate from 2012 to 2013, who is also a defendant in the same case.
The hearing, which has been ongoing for 17 sessions, will be presided over by Chief Judge Suwandi. The session is scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM Western Indonesia Time.
In the alleged corruption case concerning the procurement of LNG from Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC (CCL) by Pertamina and related institutions from 2011 to 2021, the two defendants are suspected of causing state financial losses amounting to US$113.84 million, equivalent to Rp1.77 trillion.
The state losses are alleged to have resulted from unlawful acts that enriched Pertamina’s President Director from 2009 to 2014, Galaila Karen Kardinah alias Karen Agustiawan, by Rp1.09 billion and US$104,016, as well as enriching CCL by US$113.84 million.
The unlawful acts committed by the two defendants include Hari allegedly failing to prepare guidelines for the LNG procurement process from international sources and still proceeding with the procurement of LNG 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 feasibility studies, risk assessments, and their mitigations in the CCL LNG procurement process, as well as without a CCL LNG buyer bound by an agreement.
Thus, the actions 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.