Police release former BPMigas chief
Tuesday, May 10 2016 - 02:09 AM WIB
The National Police?s Criminal Investigation Corps late on Monday released Raden Priyono, former chief of the now dissolved upstream supervisory agency BPMigas, and former agency deputy Djoko Harsono due to the lack of evidence in relation to alleged graft and money laundering case, according to a source.
?The National Police?s Criminal Investigation Corps has release the two last night due to the lack of evidence,? the source said on Tuesday.
BPMigas was dissolved in 2012, which was later replaced with SKK Migas. Djoko was financial, economic, and marketing deputy of the agency.
The police detained Priyono and Djoko in February of this year in relation to alleged graft and money laundering case involving PT Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama. The police claimed that BPMigas had awarded TPPI the contract to sell the state?s share of condensate in the period of 2009-2010 in violation of the proper procedures: The contract was awarded to TPPI without an auction process and TPPI has yet to fully transfer the sale proceeds, causing huge losses on the government.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak