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Police question suspect in condensate case
Investigating looking into the National Policeâs Criminal Investigation Directorate (Bareskrim), on Wednesday questioned Raden Priyono, a suspect in corruption and money laundering cases relating to the selling of the stateâs portion of condensate, which involved the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKKMigas) and refiner PT Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI)
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nvestigating looking into the National Police's Criminal Investigation Directorate (Bareskrim), on Wednesday questioned Raden Priyono, a suspect in corruption and money laundering cases relating to the selling of the state's portion of condensate, which involved the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKKMigas) and refiner PT Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI).
'After he skipped his questioning last week, RP attended in accordance with Bareskrim's summons this morning. Investigators are questioning him now,' Raden's lawyer, Supriyadi Adi, said as quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Earlier, Raden was scheduled for a questioning on July 28 but he failed to show up. Only Djoko Harsono, another suspect in the condensate case, fulfilled the police's summons on that day.
Apart from Djoko and Raden, the police have also named Honggo Wendratno as a suspect. Raden was head of the now-defunct upstream oil and gas regulator BP Migas while Djoko was his deputy for economics and marketing. Meanwhile, Honggo is one of PT TPPI founders.
TPPI was reported to have violated then vice president Jusuf Kalla's policy.
Based on the Vice President's policy, TPPI was appointed as the implementing agency to sell the state's portion of condensate. According to one of the requirements it had to fulfill, the refiner had to sell the processed condensate to state oil and gas company Pertamina. In fact, TPPI sold the condensate to other parties, both local and foreign.
The case began from BP Migas' policy to directly appoint TPPI to handle the selling of condensate for the period of 2009-2011 in October 2008. The contract agreement between BP Migas and TPPI was finalized in March 2009 while in fact, the latter had received condensate from the upstream oil and gas regulator since January 2009. (ebf)(++++)
