Day: August 13, 2024

Nearly five years ago the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named a suspect in the corrupt procurement of oil and refinery products involving Pertamina Energy Trading Ltd (Petral). By then, this complicated case has imprisoned many parties and Petral has been liquidated for four years. Unfortunately, such an important case did not attract public attention, the investigation and inquisition process just disappeared from the news. We even almost forgot about this case, until towards the end of last week when the KPK was known to have started examining witnesses. We realize that one of the witnesses, a former Pertamina official, had been convicted in a different case, although he was finally acquitted by the Supreme Court. When it comes to the oil and gas industry, everything is a mess.