State Suffers Rp1.2 Trillion Loss in Illegal Fuel and LPG Case for 2025-2026 Period

Indonesia’s National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri) has uncovered state losses due to illegal fuel (BBM) or LPG cases throughout 2025 to 2026 across Indonesia, reaching Rp1.2 trillion.

This was stated by Deputy Chief of Bareskrim Polri, Inspector General of Police Nunung Syaifuddin, during a press conference on law enforcement against illegal subsidised BBM and LPG, at the Bhayangkara Field at National Police Headquarters, on Tuesday, 7 April 2026.

“Bareskrim Polri and regional police commands during 2025 and up to now in 2026 have identified that criminal acts of misusing subsidised BBM and LPG have caused potential state financial leaks amounting to Rp1,266,160,963,200,” said Nunung.

Meanwhile, Nunung detailed the state losses due to misuse of subsidised BBM at Rp516,812,530,200. Then, state losses due to misuse of subsidised LPG at around Rp749,294,400,000.

“This is a significant figure; these subsidised goods should be utilised or received by the underprivileged community but are being misused,” he explained.

Furthermore, Nunung revealed that the purpose of law enforcement against the misuse of subsidised BBM and LPG, besides providing a deterrent effect for the perpetrators, is also a preventive step to avoid even greater state financial losses due to the increasing burden of government subsidies.

On the same occasion, Director of Special Criminal Investigation at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General of Police Moh. Irhamni, stated that in this law enforcement effort, throughout 2025 to January-April 2026, they have designated 672 suspects.

“First, in 2025, the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation at Bareskrim Polri and regional police commands have uncovered criminal acts of misusing subsidised BBM and LPG in 568 locations with 583 suspects spread across 33 provinces. One can imagine how massive the misuse of BBM is, occurring both in Java and outside Java,” revealed Irhamni.

“As for the uncoverings in 2026 so far, there are 97 locations with 89 suspects. It can be seen that it might have decreased somewhat but is still quite high, of course,” he continued.

For these incidents, the perpetrators are charged under the alleged misuse of BBM or LPG trading as stipulated in Article 55 of Law Number 22 of 2001 on Oil and Gas, as amended by Article 40 number 9 of Law Number 6 of 2023 on the enactment of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 2 of 2022 on Job Creation into Law, with a maximum penalty of 6 years imprisonment and a fine of up to Rp60 billion.