Jakarta High Court Reduces Sentences for Four Defendants in Crude Oil Corruption Case to 7 and 8 Years
The Jakarta High Court has reduced the sentences of four defendants in a corruption case concerning crude oil governance to seven and eight years in prison. The appeal verdict was read out today.
The four defendants are Yoki Firnandi, former President Director of PT Pertamina International Shipping; Gading Ramadhan Joedo, Commissioner of PT Jenggala Maritim and President Director of PT Orbit Terminal Merak; Maya Kusmaya, former Director of Central Marketing and Commerce at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga; and Dimas Werhaspati, Commissioner of PT Navigator Khatulistiwa and Commissioner of PT Jenggala Maritim.
"The court declares that the defendants have been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption carried out jointly, as stated in the primary indictment," said the judge when reading the verdict at the Jakarta High Court in Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, on Thursday.
The appellate judges reduced the sentences for Yoki, Gading, and Maya to seven years in prison, while Dimas’s sentence was cut to eight years. The judges also reduced the fines each defendant must pay to Rp 500 million, with a subsidiary penalty of 140 days of confinement.
The appellate judges increased the defendants’ obligation to pay restitution, setting the amount at Rp 5 billion each. Should the defendants’ assets be insufficient to cover the restitution, it will be replaced with a four-year prison term.
"The court orders that the period of arrest and detention already served by the defendants be fully deducted from the sentence imposed," the judge stated.
The previous sentences handed down by the panel of judges at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court were as follows:
Yoki Firnandi: 9 years in prison, a fine of Rp 1 billion, subsidiary 190 days of confinement.
Gading Ramadhan Joedo: 13 years in prison, a fine of Rp 1 billion, subsidiary 190 days of confinement.
Maya Kusmaya: 9 years in prison, a fine of Rp 1 billion, subsidiary 190 days of confinement.
Dimas Werhaspati: 13 years in prison, a fine of Rp 1 billion, subsidiary 190 days of confinement.
According to the indictment, the alleged corruption in crude oil governance caused state losses amounting to Rp 285 trillion. Two main issues are believed to be at the core of the case: the import of refinery products or fuel oil, and the sale of non-subsidised diesel.