Regarding the interview in TEMPO (November 27 edition) with former minister of mines and energy Ida Bagus Sudjana, we need to provide some information—in particular concerning his answers about Aburizal Bakrie and Bakrie & Brothers.

1. Aburizal Bakrie, both as an individual and as president commissioner of Bakrie & Brothers, has never owned a firm that worked with Pertamina in the sale of oil, such as Perta Oil, Permindo and Pacific Petrole