Kerry Responds After 15-Year Prison Sentence: I Will Continue to Pursue Justice
JAKARTA – Muhamad Kerry Adrianto Riza, defendant and Beneficial Owner of PT Orbit Terminal Merak (PT OTM) and PT Jenggala Maritim Nusantara (PT JMN), will pursue an appeal after being sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in a corruption case involving crude oil and refinery product management at PT Pertamina Persero.
“I will continue to pursue justice,” Kerry stated following the hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Friday (27 February 2026).
Kerry expressed confusion over the 15-year sentence imposed by the judge. According to him, many trial facts were not considered in the court’s deliberation. Through the appeal, he hopes to obtain justice.
Today, Kerry Adrianto, along with Commissioner of PT Navigator Khatulistiwa and Commissioner of PT Jenggala Maritim Dimas Werhaspati, and Commissioner of PT Jenggala Maritim and Chief Executive of PT Orbit Terminal Merak Gading Ramadhan Joedo, faced sentencing in the corruption case involving crude oil and refinery product management at PT Pertamina Persero.
Kerry was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and a fine of Rp 1 billion, with an alternative sentence of 190 days imprisonment. He was ordered to pay substitution funds totalling Rp 2,905,420,300,854 (approximately Rp 2.9 trillion), with an alternative sentence of 5 years imprisonment.
Gading and Dimas each received 13-year sentences with fines of Rp 1 billion and alternative sentences of 190 days imprisonment.
The fuel terminal was not an urgent requirement for PT Pertamina from the outset. However, due to interference from Kerry’s father, Mohamad Riza Chalid, the terminal leasing project was included in Pertamina’s investment plan in 2014.
Additionally, the procurement of three vessels belonging to Kerry is believed to constitute unlawful conduct as the procurement process did not comply with existing regulations and auction procedures. The purchase of the VLGC, Suezmax Ridgebury, and MRGC Nashwan vessels occurred when Kerry’s representatives were aware that a Pertamina subsidiary required vessels for lease.