Indonesian consumers flee to rival brands, fuelled by Pertamina scandal


An attendant serves a customer at a Pertamina gas station in this undated photo. - Pertamina Patra Niaga via JP/ANN

JAKARTA: Customers of Pertamina’s nonsubsidised fuel brands have expressed both anger and disappointment over the recent US$12 billion corruption scandal embroiling some subsidiaries of the state-owned oil and gas giant.

Among the many findings to emerge from the ongoing investigation by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is that lower-grade fuel with a research octane number (RON) of 90 or below had been sold as the more expensive RON 92 fuel under the Pertamax brand.

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