State Losses of IDR 171 Trillion in Oil Case Unproven, Attorney General to Appeal
The judicial panel has issued verdicts against defendants in a crude oil governance corruption case. The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has announced it will file an appeal against the verdict.
Kejagung’s Chief Spokesperson for Legal Affairs, Anang Supriatna, stated that the office respects the court’s decision. However, Anang indicated the prosecution will still pursue further legal remedies.
“We appreciate and respect the judicial panel’s verdict,” Anang told reporters on Saturday (28 February 2026).
“Nevertheless, the public prosecutor will now pursue an appeal,” he added.
In its ruling, the judicial panel stated that the element of state financial loss in the crude oil governance corruption case has been fulfilled. The judges determined there was state financial loss of IDR 9.4 trillion in the case according to calculations by the Financial Audit Board (BPK).
“Based on the investigative audit report by BPK RI Number 26 and subsequent reports, conducted to calculate state financial losses in crude oil governance at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, PT Pertamina sustained state financial losses of IDR 2.545 billion (IDR 2.5 trillion), which forms part of the total state financial loss in the sale of non-subsidised diesel by PT Pertamina and PT PPN during 2018-2023 totalling IDR 9.415 billion (IDR 9.4 trillion),” said judge Sigit Herman Binaji while reading the verdict at Jakarta’s Central Corruption Court on Thursday (26 February).
The judges stated that the calculation of state economic loss of IDR 171.997 billion (IDR 171 trillion) remained merely assumptive. The judges ruled that such calculations were neither concrete nor certain.
“The judicial panel considered the state financial loss strengthened by expert testimony from Nailul Huda and Wiko Saputra to be assumptive in nature. Therefore, the judicial panel determined such calculations to be assumptive with numerous influencing factors, making them uncertain and unsubstantiated. Consequently, the state economic loss cannot be proven,” the judge stated.
In this case, the judges have issued verdicts against Riva Siahaan (RS), former Chief Executive of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, Maya Kusmaya (MK), former Director of Central and Trading Marketing at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, and Edward Corne (EC), former Vice President of Trading Operations at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga. The judges ruled that Riva, Maya and Edward have been proven guilty of corruption.
The sentencing details are:
Muhamad Kerry Ardianto Riza: 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine of IDR 1 billion, with alternative 190 days’ detention.
Riva Siahaan: 9 years’ imprisonment and a fine of IDR 1 billion, with alternative 190 days’ detention.
Maya Kusmaya: 9 years’ imprisonment and a fine of IDR 1 billion, with alternative 190 days’ detention.
Edward Corne: 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of IDR 1 billion, with alternative 190 days’ detention.