Kortastipidkor Names Four Suspects in Pertamina Fuel Sales Corruption Case

The Indonesian National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortastipidkor) has named four suspects in a corruption case related to a fuel sales cooperation agreement between PT Pertamina Patra Niaga (PPN) and PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (AKT) from 2009 to 2012. The suspects include SW, the Marketing Director of PT PPN for the 2008–2011 period; JI, the Vice President of Sales for the Eastern Region of PT PPN for the 2009–2013 period; WTD, the General Manager of Treasury and Vice President of Treasury at PT PPN; and ST, the President Director of PT AKT. The case originated from a non-cash fuel sales agreement using a Letter of Credit (L/C) or Domestic Documentary Credit (SKBDN) mechanism. During the agreement, PT AKT repeatedly delayed payments and eventually fell into arrears. However, the authorised officials at PT PPN did not halt fuel distribution or implement risk mitigation measures as required by business judgement rules. Instead, a series of policy changes were made through contract addendums that increasingly favoured PT AKT, including granting additional fuel volume, providing discounts, removing penalty clauses for late payment, and altering the payment mechanism from a secured system to one without adequate guarantees. As a result, fuel distribution continued despite the payment failures, with PT AKT receiving substantial financing facilities without sufficient collateral while the risk of loss was entirely borne by PT PPN. From a total distribution of 191.37 million litres of fuel valued at 137.29 million US dollars, a significant portion of the payment obligations remained unfulfilled. A state loss audit by the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK RI) concluded that the case caused a state financial loss of 30,370,958.61 US dollars, equivalent to approximately Rp486 billion. The suspects are charged under Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the old Criminal Code or Article 603 and/or Article 604 in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the National Criminal Code.