LPEI Credit Corruption Case: BJU Group Boss Demands 8 Years in Prison
JAKARTA - The director and beneficial owner of several companies within the Bara Jaya Utama (BJU) Group, Hendarto, has been prosecuted for an eight-year prison term in connection with an alleged corruption case at the Indonesia Export Financing Agency (LPEI).
“This is as stated in the first indictment,” said prosecutor from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Achmad Husin Madya, during the trial, as reported by ANTARA on Tuesday (12/5/2026).
The public prosecutor also demands that Hendarto be subjected to an additional penalty of restitution amounting to Rp 1.6 trillion and USD 14.95 million, with a six-year prison term subsidy.
The restitution payment takes into account evidence seized for the state as a reduction in the restitution amount and funds already deposited by Hendarto amounting to Rp 3.77 billion.
Before submitting the demands, the public prosecutor considered several aggravating and mitigating factors.
Aggravating circumstances include Hendarto’s lack of support for the government’s programme in eradicating corruption and efforts to boost national exports, as well as damaging public trust in LPEI.
“Meanwhile, mitigating factors include the defendant having family dependents and having returned a small portion of the state’s losses,” the public prosecutor stated.
In the alleged corruption case regarding the provision of credit facilities by the Indonesia Export Financing Agency (LPEI) from 2014-2016, Hendarto is accused of causing state financial losses of Rp 1.06 trillion and USD 49.88 million.
The state losses are alleged to have occurred because Hendarto enriched himself by the amount of the state losses in the alleged corruption case related to the provision of credit facilities by LPEI.
Hendarto’s actions were carried out jointly with the Head of Division I Financing at LPEI, Kukuh Wirawan, Executive Director of LPEI Ngalim Sawega, Executive Director I of LPEI Dwi Wahyudi, Executive Director III of LPEI Basuki Setyadjid, Executive Director IV of LPEI Arif Setiawan, and Executive Director V of LPEI Omar Baginda Pane, who are being prosecuted separately.
In addition to enriching himself, Hendarto’s actions are also alleged to have enriched other parties, namely Dwi by Rp 7 billion and USD 227,000, Arif by USD 50,000, and Kukuh by Rp 500 million and USD 120,000.
For his actions, Hendarto faces penalties under Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter c in conjunction with Article 126 paragraph (1) jo. Article 618 of the National Criminal Code or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law.