JAKARTA. Investigators from the National Police’s criminal investigation directorate (Bareskrim) will question Honggo Wendratno, the founder of refiner PT Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI), in an alleged corruption case surrounding the procurement of diesel fuel at state-owned electricity company PLN in 2010.

Honggo has been previously named as a suspect in alleged corruption and money laundering cases related to the sale of the state’s portion of condensate, which involved the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKKMigas).

“Apart from the condensate case, [Honggo] will also be questioned for another case,” Bareskrim chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso said as quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Tuesday.

On Aug.7, Bareskrim’s economic and special crimes directorate investigators departed to Singapore to question Honggo in the condensate case. The investigators are scheduled to fly again to Singapore in the near future to question him on the diesel procurement case.

The police have named only one suspect in the case: a former PLN official identified only with initials NP. “NP is a suspect in the alleged graft case on the procurement of high speed diesel. The suspect was PLN’s director of primary energy when the graft occurred,” said the directorate’s chief, Sr. Comr. Adi Deriyan Jayamarta. Up until now, NP has never been scheduled for questioning as a suspect.

Bareskrim has also questioned former State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan as a suspect in its investigation. TPPI was the winner of a tender process for the diesel procurement project for PLN, however, it is suspected that there were abuses of authority during the process.

The police have charged NP of violating Articles 2 (1) and 3 of Law No.31/1999 in reference to Law No.20/2001 on corruption and Article 55 (1) of the Criminal Code.  

Editor: Barratut Taqiyyah Rafie