Two Defendants in LNG Corruption Case Demanded 5.5 and 6.5 Years in Prison
Two defendants in the alleged corruption case concerning the procurement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have been demanded sentences of 5.5 and 6.5 years in prison. The prosecutors are convinced that both defendants are guilty in the case.
The prosecution hearing was held at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday (13/4/2026). The two defendants are former Director of Gas at PT Pertamina, Hari Karyuliarto, and former VP of Strategic Planning Business Development at Pertamina’s Gas Directorate, Yenni Andayani.
“Declaring that defendant I Hari Karyuliarto Yulianto and defendant II Yenni Andayani have been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing the criminal act of corruption as charged in the first indictment, violating Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter c in conjunction with Article 126 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code,” stated the prosecutor while reading the verdict.
“Imposing a prison sentence on defendant I Hari Karyuliarto of 6 years and 6 months,” added the prosecutor.
The prosecutor demanded that Hari pay a fine of Rp 200 million. If the fine is not paid, it will be replaced with imprisonment for 80 days.
“And a fine of Rp 200,000,000 subsidiary to replacement imprisonment of 80 days,” said the prosecutor.
Meanwhile, the prosecutor demanded a prison sentence of 5.5 years for Yenni. The prosecutor also demanded that Yenni pay a fine of Rp 200 million subsidiary to 80 days of imprisonment.
“Imposing a prison sentence on defendant II Yenni Andayani of 5 years and 6 months and a fine of Rp 200,000,000 subsidiary to replacement imprisonment of 80 days,” said the prosecutor.
The prosecutor stated that aggravating factors in the demand include the defendants not supporting the government’s programme to realise clean governance free from corruption, collusion, and nepotism. Furthermore, the defendants’ actions are deemed to have damaged public trust in state institutions or government bodies in law enforcement.
“Lightening factors for the defendants are that they have never been punished before, and the defendants were polite in court,” said the prosecutor.
Indictment
Previously, the public prosecutor from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) indicted the two defendants in the new LNG procurement corruption case, causing state losses of USD 113 million. The two defendants are former Director of Gas at PT Pertamina, Hari Karyuliarto, and former VP of Strategic Planning Business Development at Pertamina’s Gas Directorate, Yenni Andayani.
The indictment hearing was held at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court on Tuesday (23/12/2025). Both are accused of committing the acts together with former Pertamina CEO Galaila Karen Kardinah or Karen Agustiawan, who has already been convicted earlier in this case.
“Committing acts of enriching themselves or others or a corporation, namely enriching Galaila Karen Kardinah alias Karen Agustiawan by Rp 1,091,280,281 (Rp 1 billion) and USD 104,016, and enriching the corporation Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC by USD 113,839,186 (USD 113 million),” said the prosecutor.
The prosecutor stated that the loss figure is based on the investigative audit report from the Audit Board of Indonesia (BPK RI). The prosecutor said the gas purchase was carried out on the grounds that domestic gas stocks were limited, so Pertamina needed to buy gas from the US.
The prosecutor said that the principal permit related to the LNG procurement was issued by Karen without guidelines for implementing LNG procurement. The LNG procurement, according to the prosecutor, was carried out based on best practices that Pertamina always followed as a state LNG seller.
After various negotiation processes and internal discussions, Pertamina proceeded with the purchase of gas from Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC. However, according to the prosecutor, Pertamina did not yet have a fixed LNG buyer in the domestic market to absorb or purchase the LNG from the US company.
The prosecutor stated that the LNG purchase was not accompanied by a final economic analysis or calculation. This condition led to an excess or over-supply of LNG.
“Whereas according to the interim risk study related to the volume of LNG imports to be purchased by Pertamina’s Gas Directorate, there should be a gas sales agreement (GSA) before the LNG SPA (sales and purchase agreement) is signed, so that the LNG can be absorbed 95 percent according to the statistical probability approach, or 90 percent according to the conservative approach, or 80 percent of the LNG SPA volume according to the aggressive approach, thus not causing losses to PT Pertamina,” he said.
The prosecutor said that Pertamina then sold the surplus imported LNG to buyers abroad from 2019 to 2023. The prosecutor stated that the total cost of purchasing 18 cargoes of LNG from Corpus Christi Liquefaction incurred by Pertamina amounted to USD 341,410,404, and Pertamina sold it at a loss with a sales value of USD 248,784,764.
The prosecutor said that Pertamina suffered losses from this buying and selling practice amounting to USD 92,625,640. The prosecutor also said there was uncommitted cargo, causing Pertamina to pay a suspension fee of USD 10,045,980.
The prosecutor further stated that the defendants’ actions caused state losses of USD 113,839,186. This amount is equivalent to Rp 1.9 trillion based on the current exchange rate.
“Causing losses to the state finances of PT Pertamina (Persero) amounting to USD 113,839,186,” said the prosecutor.