KPK Names Three Coal Companies as Suspects in Rita Widyasari Gratification Case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named three coal companies as suspects in the gratification case ensnaring former Kutai Kartanegara Regent Rita Widyasari. The three firms are PT Sinar Kumala Naga (SKN), PT Alamjaya Barapratama (ABP), and PT Bara Kumala Sakti (BKS).
“In the continued investigation of the alleged gratification offence related to per-metric-ton coal production in the Kutai Kartanegara Regency area, with the previous suspect RW, the KPK has designated three new corporate suspects: PT SKN, PT ABP, and PT BKS,” KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo told reporters on Thursday (19 February 2026).
Budi explained that the three companies are alleged to have received gratification jointly with Rita.
“The three corporations are suspected of having jointly received the said gratification together with RW,” he added.
Investigators have also examined PT SKN President Director Johansyah Anton Budiman, PT SKN Director Rifando, and PT ABP Finance Staff member Yospita Feronika BR Ginting on Wednesday (18 February). The witnesses were questioned regarding the distribution of fees to Rita’s side.
“Investigators are probing witnesses JHN and RIF regarding the operations and production at PT SKN, as well as the distribution of fees to RW’s side. Witness YOS was questioned regarding PT ABP’s production,” he said.
Rita was initially named a suspect in bribery and gratification cases in 2017. She was subsequently tried on gratification charges.
In 2018, Rita was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment by the panel of judges at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court. She was also ordered to pay a fine of Rp 600 million, with a subsidiary sentence of six months’ imprisonment in default, and had her political rights revoked for five years.
The court found Rita guilty of receiving Rp 110 billion in gratification linked to project permits in Kutai Kartanegara. Rita attempted to challenge the verdict.
Her efforts were ultimately unsuccessful after the Supreme Court rejected her judicial review application in 2021. Rita has since been transferred to Pondok Bambu Correctional Facility.
In addition to the gratification case, Rita remains a suspect in a money laundering case. In July 2024, the KPK revealed that Rita had also received money from mining entrepreneurs.
KPK Director of Investigation Asep Guntur Rahayu stated that Rita received gratification in the form of US dollar denominations. Rita Widyasari obtained USD 5 per metric ton from coal companies.