Two executives of state aluminium producer INALUM, member of MIND ID (holding company for state mining firms, Freeport Indonesia and Vale Indonesia), have been named suspects in corruption case related to sales of aluminium in the period of 2018-2024. Too little too...
Some nickel associations have reportedly written a letter to President Prabowo Subianto complaining about hefty administrative fines charged to those using forest area without proper permits. They complained about Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Decree No....
The House of Representatives’ recent passage of the Penal Adjustment Law — a sweeping harmonization effort ahead of the full implementation of the new Criminal Code (KUHP) in January 2026 — has been framed as a historic step toward a more modern, coherent, and humane...
The Indonesian government has taken a bold step to protect children in the digital sphere with the enactment of Government Regulation No. 17/2025, better known as PP TUNAS. It is arguably one of the most comprehensive child-safety frameworks ever issued in the...
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that the controversial crude oil procurement case involving Pertamina was being handed over from the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung), many observers treated it as a technical update. Only a day later, news...
The government and the House of Representatives have decided to proceed with the passage of the new Criminal Law Procedure Code today (18/11), as scheduled, despite strong opposition from the public. It seems like the legal notice previously issued by the civil...
Abdul Wahid, the Governor of Riau, one of the resource-rich provinces in the country, was arrested in the KPK sting operation on Monday (3/11) alongside nine other suspects. There is currently not much accessible information about the details of his arrest, but it...
When the name Najelaa Shihab surfaced amid the ongoing investigation into former education minister Nadiem Makarim’s Chromebook procurement case, the public reaction was instantaneous. Her reputation as one of Indonesia’s most respected education reformers—alongside...
A riot broke out in Chrey Thum, Cambodia last week (17/10) as 110 Indonesian citizens attempted to escape from the online scam company they worked for. Footage of the riot went viral on the internet, receiving mixed public response. Meanwhile, the Indonesian Embassy...
The pretrial motion filed by Delpedro Marhaen, Executive Director of the Lokataru Foundation, may appear at first to be a technical legal step—an attempt to contest the validity of his arrest. In reality, it is far more than that. It is a confrontation between the...
