Retired Judge Leads to Postponement of Verdict Hearing for Four Defendants in Crude Oil Corruption Case
The verdict hearing for four defendants in the alleged corruption case concerning crude oil governance has been postponed. The delay occurred due to a change in the composition of the judicial panel.
The presiding judge, Adek Nurhadi, explained that two panel members, Mulyono Dwi Purwanto, had retired, and Fatimah was on study leave. He stated that this caused the panel’s composition to change.
“Today was supposed to be the reading of the verdict. However, due to the change in the panel. First, Ms Fatimah, due to study leave, is replaced by Ms Dwi Elyarahma. And Mr Mulyono Dwi Purwanto is replaced by Mr Alfi Setiawan,” explained Judge Adek during the hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday (11/5/2026).
“Thus, Mr Mulyono Dwi Purwanto’s term ended as of 1 May 2026,” he added.
He stated that the reading of the verdict for the four defendants would be postponed until Tuesday (12/5). He mentioned that the verdict hearing would begin in the morning.
“Therefore, the reading of the verdict is postponed until tomorrow. Tomorrow, together with the others,” he said.
The four defendants in this case are:
Martin Haendra Nata, as Business Development Manager of Trafigura Pte Ltd for the period 2019-2021
Arief Sukmara, as Director of Gas, Petrochemicals, and New Business at PT Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) for the period 2024-2025
Indra Putra, as Business Development Manager of PT Mahameru Kencana Abadi
Dwi Sudarsono, as Vice President (VP) of Crude, Product Trading, and Commercial (CPTC) Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) at PT Pertamina (Persero) for the period 2019-2020.
Previously, the prosecutors had read out the demands against the four defendants. Here are the prosecutors’ demands:
Arief Sukmara is demanded a prison sentence of 10 years
Dwi Sudarsono is demanded a prison sentence of 12 years
Indra Putra is demanded a prison sentence of 6 years
Martin Haendra is demanded a prison sentence of 13 years.
The prosecutors believe the defendants are guilty in the case. The prosecutors also demand that the defendants pay fines of Rp1 billion each. They are also demanded to pay restitution of Rp5 billion.
In the indictment, the prosecutors stated that the defendants’ actions related to crude oil governance had caused state losses of Rp285 trillion. There are two main issues suspected: related to the import of refinery products or fuel oil (BBM), and related to the sale of non-subsidised diesel.