Kortastipidkor Names Four Suspects in Pertamina Fuel Sales Corruption Case
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian National Police’s Corruption Crimes Investigation Division (Kortastipidkor) has named four suspects in an alleged corruption case related to a non-cash fuel sales cooperation between PT Pertamina Patra Niaga (PPN) and PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (AKT) spanning 2009–2012.
During a press conference at the Bareskrim Polri Building in Jakarta on Tuesday, the Head of Operations for Kortastipidkor Polri, Senior Commissioner Ahmad Yusuf Afandi, explained that the first suspect is SW, who served as the Marketing Director of PT PPN for the 2008–2011 period.
Other suspects include JI, the Vice President of Sales for the Eastern Region of PT PPN for the 2009–2013 period, and WTD, the General Manager of Treasury and Vice President of Treasury at PT PPN. The final suspect is ST, a shareholder and the President Director of PT AKT.
Ahmad stated that the case originated from a cooperation agreement for the sale of high-speed diesel (HSD) between PT PPN and PT AKT, which utilised a secure payment mechanism via Letter of Credit (LC) or Domestic Letter of Credit (SKBDN).
During the course of the agreement, PT AKT repeatedly experienced payment delays and even defaulted on payments. However, the authorised parties—specifically officials within PT PPN—failed to halt fuel supplies or implement risk mitigation measures as prescribed by the business judgement rule.
Instead, a series of policy changes were implemented through contract addendums that further favoured PT AKT. “These changes included increasing the volume of fuel supplies, providing price discounts, removing late payment penalty clauses, and altering the payment mechanism from a guaranteed system to a mere 25 per cent down payment without any payment guarantees,” he explained.
Furthermore, he revealed that internal oversight mechanisms and the debt collection processes by PT PPN were allegedly intentionally neglected. “The agreements were not reported through the proper hierarchy to superiors, meaning the monitoring of company receivables was ineffective,” he said.
Despite the failure to meet payment obligations, fuel supplies to PT AKT continued. Through these actions, PT AKT obtained massive fuel sale financing facilities without adequate collateral, while the entirety of the risk shifted to PT PPN.
As a result, out of a total supply of approximately 191.37 million litres of fuel valued at 137.29 million USD, there were unfulfilled payment obligations. Based on the state loss audit by the Audit Board of Indonesia (BPK RI), this case resulted in state financial losses of 30,370,958.61 USD, or approximately Rp486 billion.
Investigators have applied charges under Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the old Criminal Code, or Articles 603 and/or 604 in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 regarding the National Criminal Code.