Prosecutors Appeal Against Kerry Adrianto's Conviction in Pertamina Crude Oil Case
JAKARTA – The Public Prosecutors’ Office (JPU) has formally filed an appeal against the conviction in a corruption case involving mismanagement of crude oil and refinery products at PT Pertamina Persero, implicating defendant and Beneficial Owner of PT Orbit Terminal Merak (PT OTM), Muhamad Kerry Adrianto Riza and associates.
The Head of the Attorney General’s Office Legal Information Centre (Kapuspenkum), Anang Supriatna, confirmed that the appeal was filed on Friday, 27 February 2026.
“The appeal was filed yesterday,” said Kapuspenkum Anang Supriatna when contacted by Kompas.com on Saturday, 28 February 2026.
The prosecutors’ full reasoning will be detailed in the appellate memorandum to be submitted to the Jakarta High Court.
“The prosecutors will set out their arguments in the appellate memorandum, and we continue to appreciate and respect the decision of the Corruption Court judges,” Anang added.
The unlawful conduct of the defendants is divided into several procurement clusters, ranging from fuel terminal leasing, crude oil and fuel import-export, non-subsidised diesel sales, and ship charter procurement.
In this case, Muhamad Kerry Adrianto Riza, as Beneficial Owner of PT OTM and PT JMN, received the heaviest sentence of 15 years imprisonment and a fine of 1 billion rupiah with 190 days imprisonment in default. Additionally, replacement funds totalling 2.9 trillion rupiah are payable, with a default term of 5 years imprisonment.
Edward Corne, Vice President of Trading Operations at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga (PT PPN), and Agus Purwono, Vice President of Feedstock Management at PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (PT KPI), were each sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of 1 billion rupiah with 190 days imprisonment in default.
Four other defendants were sentenced to 9 years imprisonment and a fine of 1 billion rupiah with 190 days imprisonment in default.
They are Riva Siahaan, President Director of PT PPN; Maya Kusmaya, Director of Marketing and Trading at PT PPN; Yoki Firnandi, President Director of PT Pertamina International Shipping (PT PIS); and Sani Dinar Saifuddin, Director of Feedstock and Product Optimisation at PT KPI.
The nine defendants are believed to have caused state financial losses of approximately 25.439 trillion rupiah and 2.732 billion US dollars.
“Based on calculations by BPK experts, there are state losses in crude oil management totalling 2.732 billion US dollars and 25.439 trillion rupiah,” said judge Sigit Herman Binaji when reading the court’s legal reasoning for Kerry’s verdict.
The bench of judges disregarded calculations of state economic losses totalling approximately 171.9 trillion rupiah cited in the prosecutors’ charges and demands.
The calculation of state economic losses and illegal gains of 2.617 billion US dollars was deemed assumptive and insufficiently proven by the prosecutors.
In this case, the Pertamina defendants were charged under Article 2, Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 on Corruption Eradication as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001, together with Article 55, Paragraph (1), subsection 1 of the Criminal Code.
Meanwhile, Kerry and associates are believed to have violated Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20, letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 on Corruption Eradication as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.