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Pertamina drops plan to check vehicle registration documents for subsidized fuel

From Tempo · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Pertamina Patra Niaga canceled a planned requirement for motorists to show vehicle registration certificates when buying subsidized fuel in southern Sumatra.
  • The company said it withdrew the plan after public criticism and will coordinate future fuel-distribution policies with regulators and local governments.
  • Pertamina said it continues to monitor fuel distribution, including through MyPertamina’s Subsidized Fuel QR Code, and may sanction stations that violate regulations.

Pertamina Patra Niaga has scrapped a plan to require motorists to show their vehicle registration certificates, known as STNK, when buying subsidized fuel at gas stations in southern Sumatra.

Kitty Andhora, the company’s vice president for corporate communication, said Pertamina Patra Niaga’s southern Sumatra regional unit had been asked to cancel the mechanism. She said the decision followed public backlash and negative responses to the announcement. The company apologized for the confusion and inconvenience.

We requested Pertamina Patra Niaga Regional Southern Sumatra to cancel the implementation of this mechanism.

· Kitty AndhoraPertamina’s corporate communications vice president explains the cancellation of the vehicle-document requirement.

Andhora said policies affecting the public and the distribution of fuel subsidies would be coordinated with regulators, especially BPH Migas, local governments and other relevant stakeholders.

Every policy related to fuel distribution that affects the public will be coordinated with regulators, particularly BPH Migas, local governments, and relevant stakeholders.

· Kitty AndhoraAndhora describes how future public-facing fuel policies will be coordinated.

Pertamina said it is continuing to tighten oversight to ensure subsidized fuel reaches its intended beneficiaries. Between January and Sept. 3, 2026, the company provided guidance to more than 900 gas stations across its operating regions.

Stations found to have violated the rules could receive written warnings, have supplies suspended or lose their business relationship with the company. Pertamina is also working with law enforcement agencies to address misuse of subsidized fuel. Its monitoring includes the Subsidized Fuel QR Code on the MyPertamina application.

Oversight is additionally maintained through the Subsidized Fuel QR Code on the MyPertamina application.

· Kitty AndhoraShe identifies the digital system Pertamina uses to monitor subsidized fuel distribution.
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Originally published by Tempo in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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