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Police revisit PLN graft case from Yudhoyono era

After years in hiatus, the case has reemerged as the Jakarta Corruption Court is hearing the trial of Sofyan Basir, a suspended PLN director and Nur’s successor.  

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Police revisit PLN graft case from Yudhoyono era Cashed up: Police guard on Friday a pile of cash, said to amount to Rp 173 billion, as evidence in a graft case involving former state-owned electricity firm PLN president director Nur Pamudji, at the National Police headquarters in Jakarta. (Antara /Reno Esnir)

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he National Police’s criminal investigation department (Bareskrim) named on Friday Nur Pamudji a suspect in a graft case relating to the procurement of high-speed diesel (HSD) fuel at state-owned electricity firm PLN during former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) administration.

Nur, who was the president director of PLN during Yudhoyono’s second term, was allegedly involved in the graft, which is estimated to have caused Rp 188 billion (US$13.3 million) in state losses, according to the head of Bareskrim’s corruption directorate, Sr. Comr. Djoko Poerwanto.

The case dates back to 2010, when Nur reportedly helped the Tuban consortium, led by PT Trans-Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI), to win the auction for the procurement of HSD for Tambak Lorong, Semarang and Belawan combined-cycle power plants (PLTGUs).

“Nur allegedly instructed the auction committee to name Tuban consortium as the winner as well as the supplier of HSD fuel,” Djoko said during the press briefing at the National Police headquarters on Friday.

After years in hiatus, the case has reemerged as the Jakarta Corruption Court is hearing the trial of Sofyan Basir, a suspended PLN director and Nur’s successor.  

The Corruption Eradication Commission has accused Sofyan of accepting a bribe from Johannes Budisutrisno Kotjo, a shareholder of Blackgold Natural Resources Ltd., in return for the rights to develop the Riau-1 coal-fired power plant.

During a hearing at the corruption court on Monday, KPK prosecutors alleged Sofyan facilitated meetings between Golkar politicians Idrus Marham and Eni Maulani Saragih, the PLN board of directors and businessman Johannes to accelerate the power plant project. When arrested, Idrus was serving as social affairs minister in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration. He was the first Jokowi Cabinet member to be named a suspect in a graft case. 

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