Latest News: Received Rp. 1.7 billion, Suspect in Bribery Case for Procurement of Gasoline Catalyst Detained

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named the former Processing Director of PT Pertamina (Persero), Chrisna Damayanto (CD) as a suspect in an alleged bribery case related to the procurement of catalysts at PT Pertamina. Chrisna was immediately detained.
“After an examination by investigators and the KPK health team, Suspect CD was detained for the first 20 days, starting from 5-24 January 2025. Detention was carried out at the KPK Branch Detention Center, Building C1,” said Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK, Mungki Hadipratikto during a press conference at the KPK building, Kuningan, South Jakarta, Monday (5/1/2025).

This case started with PT Melanton Pratama, which participated in the tender for the procurement of catalysts at PT Pertamina but failed during the test. Then there was communication to Chirsna from two other suspects in this case to carry out conditioning.
The KPK itself has named 3 suspects in this case, namely the Director of PT Melanton Pratama Gunardi Wantjik (GW); PT Melanton Pratama employee Frederick Aldo Gunardi (FAG); and Alvin Pradipta Adiyota (APA) from the private sector. Three suspects have been detained.
“FAG, on orders from brother GW, contacted brother APA as his partner, to ask brother CD to carry out conditioning so that PT MP can return to the tender for Residue Catalytic Cracking (RCC) catalytic products at RU VI Balongan,” said Mungki.
Returning to Chrisna, based on this condition, she made a policy of eliminating the obligation to pass the ACE Test for catalyst products, which resulted in PT Melanton Pratama being selected as the winner of the catalyst procurement with a contract value of USD 14.4 million or around IDR 176.4 billion, at the rupiah exchange rate in 2014. Due to this, PT Melanton Pratama then gave part of the fee from Albemarle Corp to Chrisna of IDR 1.7 billion.
“After being selected as the winner of the catalyst procurement, PT MP then gave part of the fee from Albemarle Corp to CD brothers of at least IDR 1.7 billion for the period 2013 to 2015,” he said.
The receipt of the fee was allegedly based on policy decisions made by Chrisna, which were not in accordance with her duties and obligations. Chrisna, as the recipient of the bribe, is suspected of having violated Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 11 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.

The KPK will also continue to investigate Chrisna’s involvement in this case. This includes developing this case if there are indications of acceptance and involvement of other parties.
“Because the investigation was only carried out today. Of course the investigators will find indications of other parties. As mentioned earlier by Riza Chalid and others. Of course this will be developed in that direction,” he said.
The 3 other suspects were detained by the KPK on Tuesday (9/9/2025). Gunardi and Frederick as the giving parties are suspected of having violated Article 5 Paragraph (1) letter a or letter b of the PTPK Law in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code. Meanwhile, Alvin as the recipient party is suspected of having violated Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 11 juncto Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

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