KPK Detains Three Suspects in Pertamina Petrol Station Digitalisation Case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named three individuals as suspects in an alleged corruption case related to the digitalisation programme of Pertamina petrol stations (SPBU) from 2018 to 2023. The three suspects are DR, WER, and EL. The case is said to have caused state financial losses exceeding Rp 600 billion.
Acting KPK Director of Investigation Ahmad Taufik Husein stated that DR was named a suspect for his role as enterprise and business service at PT Telkom during the 2017-2019 period. WER was named a suspect for his role as senior general manager of strategic sourcing operation procurement at PT Telkom from 2012 to 2020. EL was named a suspect for his role as an employee of PT Telkom and owner of PT PCS.
“After conducting a series of investigative actions and having found at least two pieces of evidence, the KPK has named three people as suspects, namely DR, WER, and EL,” Ahmad said during a press conference at the KPK building in Jakarta on Tuesday (4/8/2026). The three suspects are charged under Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of the Corruption Eradication Law 31/1999-20/2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code. “The suspects have subsequently been detained,” Ahmad added.
Ahmad explained that the case began in August 2018 with an agreement on the digitalisation of public fuel filling stations. The project was a joint initiative between the Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) and PT Pertamina to meet the need for monitoring subsidised fuel stocks to ensure they were precisely targeted. The project was then realised through an agreement between PT Pertamina and PT Telkom worth Rp 3.6 trillion, equivalent to Rp 15.25 per litre. “The agreement was signed by MK, as PT Pertamina’s retail marketing director for the 2018-2020 period, with suspect DR from PT Telkom,” Ahmad stated.
Subsequently, in September 2018, before the procurement was carried out by PT Telkom, DR held meetings with several prospective vendors for the SPBU digitalisation project, particularly vendors related to the need for electronic data capture (EDC) devices to facilitate non-cash payments and automatic tank gauges (ATG) to automatically measure fuel volume in tanks. In the EDC procurement, there were two known candidate providers, namely PT PCS and PT ASK. “DR indirectly directed that the EDC procurement be carried out by PT ASK,” Ahmad said.
However, PT PCS, through the role of suspect EL, a former employee of PT Telkom and owner of PT PCS, conducted conditioning and lobbying so that his company would become the EDC provider. “Subsequently, through the direction of suspect WER, EL gave approximately Rp 2 billion to PT ASK to withdraw as the EDC provider,” Ahmad said. Meanwhile, in the ATG procurement, suspect DR directed suspect WER to appoint PT SGP as the provider. In October 2018, DR submitted an official memorandum regarding a justification note for the investment needs of the Pertamina SPBU digitalisation project. The memorandum set the project scope covering the digitalisation of 5,518 petrol stations, including the installation of ATG, personal computers, point of sales systems, system and forecourt controllers, and EDC devices, as well as the provision of a cloud dashboard and connectivity network.