Son of Riza Chalid and Others to Face Verdict in Crude Oil Case Today
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The beneficial owner of PT Orbit Terminal Merak (PT OTM) and PT Jenggala Maritim Nusantara (PT JMN), Muhamad Kerry Adrianto Riza, and eight other defendants will face the sentencing hearing in the alleged corruption case involving the management of crude oil and refinery products at PT Pertamina Persero today, Thursday (February 26, 2026).
“The verdict will be read on Thursday, February 26, 2026, God willing,” said Chief Justice Fajar Kusuma Aji during a hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Tuesday (February 24, 2026).
Previously, on Friday (February 13, 2026), the Public Prosecutor (JPU) had read out the indictments for the nine defendants.
Each defendant was charged according to their role and responsibilities when the criminal act occurred.
Gading Ramadhan Joedo, as a Commissioner of PT JMN and Director of PT OTM, was charged with 16 years in prison, a fine of Rp 1 billion or 190 days of imprisonment, and compensation of Rp 1.1 trillion or 8 years of imprisonment.
Dimas Werhaspati, as a Commissioner of PT JMN, was charged with 16 years in prison, a fine of Rp 1 billion or 190 days of imprisonment, and compensation of 11 million US dollars and Rp 1 trillion or 8 years of imprisonment.
Three defendants from PT Pertamina Patra Niaga (PPN), namely Riva Siahaan as Director, Maya Kusmaya as Director of Marketing and Trading, and Edward Corne as VP of Trading Operations, were each charged with 14 years in prison, a fine of Rp 1 billion or 190 days of imprisonment, and compensation of Rp 5 billion or 7 years of imprisonment.
Meanwhile, Yoki Firnandi as Director of PT Pertamina International Shipping (PT PIS), Agus Purwono as VP of Feedstock Management at PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (PT KPI), and Sani Dinar Saifuddin as Director of Feedstock and Product Optimization at PT KPI, were each charged with 14 years in prison, a fine of Rp 1 billion or 190 days of imprisonment, and compensation of Rp 5 billion or 7 years of imprisonment.
Based on the indictment, there are a total of seven clusters of criminal acts or illegal acts committed by the defendants.
Overall, the state’s financial losses are estimated at 2,732,816,820.63 US dollars or 2.7 billion US dollars and Rp 25,439,881,674,368.30 or Rp 25.4 trillion.
If added together, the defendants have caused state financial losses of up to Rp 285.1 trillion.
For their actions, they are charged with Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 paragraph c of Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001.
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