JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Karen Agustiawan, President Director of state oil and gas company PT Pertamina, and Waryono Karno, Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources (ESDM), are scheduled to be questioned as witnesses by the Anti-Graft Commission KPK Monday (Nov. 4).
This call is related to the graft scandal of the dismissed Chief of the powerful Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Body (SKK Migas) Rudi Rubiandini.
However media reported Karen can not respond the call and demands the session for questioning her to be resecheduled to Thursday (Nov. 7).
According to Priharasa Nugraha, KPK’s news coverage, KPK also summoned three other witnesses. They are Artha Meris Simbolon (President Director of PT Surya Parna Niaga, a subsidiary of Parna Raya Group), Marihad Simbolon (owner of Parna Ray Group), and Gerhard Marten Rumeser (officer at the SKK Migas).(haryantos@yosefardi.biz)