Son of Riza Chalid Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison, Ordered to Pay Rp2.9 Trillion in Restitution
The son of oil businessman Riza Chalid, Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and a fine of Rp1 billion, with a subsidiary sentence of 190 days imprisonment.
The panel of judges at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court stated that Kerry was proven to be involved in a corruption crime related to the management of Pertamina’s crude oil and refinery products from 2018 to 2023. The case is said to have caused state losses of Rp285 trillion.
“Sentencing the defendant, Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza, to 15 years in prison,” said the chairman of the panel, Fajar Kusuma Aji, while reading out the verdict at the Jakarta Tipikor Court, Friday (2/26) early morning.
Kerry, who is the beneficial owner of PT Orbit Terminal Merak (OTM), was also sentenced to an additional penalty in the form of an obligation to pay restitution of Rp2,905,420,003,854 (Rp2.9 trillion) or a subsidiary of 5 years in prison.
In a previous trial, on Friday, February 13, 2026, the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Attorney General’s Office asked the panel of judges at the Jakarta Tipikor Court to sentence Kerry to 18 years in prison and a fine of Rp1 billion, with a subsidiary sentence of 190 days imprisonment.
The prosecutor also wanted Kerry to be sentenced to an additional penalty in the form of an obligation to pay restitution of Rp13,405,420,003,854 (Rp13.4 trillion) or a subsidiary of 10 years in prison.
According to the prosecutor, based on the legal facts revealed at the trial, Kerry was proven to have violated Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 paragraph c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code (KUHP) in conjunction with Article 18 of the Law on Eradication of Corruption Crimes (UU Tipikor) as in the primary indictment.
The prosecutor said that Kerry’s actions did not support the government’s program in order to carry out state administration that was clean and free from corruption, collusion, and nepotism.
Kerry’s actions were also said to have resulted in very large financial and economic losses for the state.
In addition, the prosecutor assessed that Kerry did not feel guilty and did not regret his actions.
Meanwhile, the mitigating circumstance that the prosecutor considered was that Kerry had never been convicted.
In addition to Kerry, the panel of judges also imposed criminal sanctions on Dimas Werhaspati as a Commissioner of PT Navigator Khatulistiwa and also a Commissioner of PT Jenggala Maritim and Gading Ramadhan Joedo as a Commissioner of PT Jenggala Maritim and Director of PT Orbit Terminal Merak.
Dimas and Gading were sentenced to 13 years in prison and a fine of Rp1 billion, with a subsidiary sentence of 190 days imprisonment.
The verdict against Dimas and Gading was lighter than the prosecutor’s demand.
The prosecutor wanted Dimas and Gading to be sentenced to 16 years in prison and restitution of US$11 million and Rp1 trillion, with a subsidiary of 8 years in prison.
Different opinions
The verdict was not unanimous because judge member 4, namely Mulyono Dwi Purwanto, had a different opinion or dissenting opinion (DO) in viewing the alleged corruption case related to the management of crude oil.
In his opinion, Mulyono doubted the procedure for calculating the amount of financial or economic losses in the case. Mulyono also felt that there was no malicious intent to commit a criminal act in the matter of tank rental. In fact, the tank is still being used and provides great benefits for the state.
The defendants, he continued, did not harm the state and did not gain personal profit.
“With these circumstances, according to the panel member, it is not fair for the defendants from PT OTM to be tried and sentenced,” said Mulyono in his DO.
(ryn/rds)