JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Johanes Widjonarko, Chief of the powerful Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Body (SKK Migas), was summoned again by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Friday (Nov. 22) related to the case of his predecessor, Rudi Rubiandini, the dismissed SKKMigas Chief.
Widjonarko previously was quizzed by KPK’s investigators on Sep. 12, 2013.
KPK, in its effort to reveal the scandal in SKKMigas and the whole energy and mineral resources sector, continues to summon and examine more witnesses.
Latest, KPK re-examined Artha Meris Simbolon (President Director of PT Surya Parna Niaga, a subsidiary of Parna Raya Group), Karen Agustiawan (President Director of state oil and gas company PT Pertamina), and Waryono Karno (Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources) as witnesses in the case.
KPK has earlier also kicked off the first trial of the case with the dependant Simon Gunawan Tanjaya, an executive of the Singapore-based oil trading firm of Kernel Oil Pte Ltd.
The case is under spotlight as people expect the case as the door to reveal graft practices in oil and gas sector. (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)