Category: Law

Satuan Tugas Penanganan Hak Tagih Negara Dana Bantuan Likuiditas Bank Indonesia (Satgas BLBI), a task force under Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati’s supervision to recover funds from some businessmen related to 1997-1998 financial crisis, faces a new obstacle. With only less than a month left to work, this week, a lawsuit was registered to the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta) by PT Cowell Development Tbk (COWL). This is the third lawsuit filed by the troubled company within the past two months.

In the midst of attacks from many directions, recently the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) openly revealed that the investigation process in two cases at the Ministry of Agriculture and a number of other cases had stalled because the follow-up was not monitored. We know that the KPK announced that there are three clusters of cases involving alleged corruption which are now ensnaring disgraced Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo and this means there are two other cases in the same Ministry that have not been resolved. Our question is of course, who caused the investigation process to stall?

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo signed Government Regulation (PP) No. 53/2023 recently. The public was enraged by the provisions which were considered to provide a loophole for injustice because it allowed regional leaders to take part as presidential or vice presidential candidates in the upcoming 2024 election without having to resign from their positions. Mainstream media and the public accused that the regulation was made to accommodate Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s participation.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted sting operations in 2021 and uncovered the case of alleged corruption in Kolaka Timur, Southeast Sulawesi. Among those arrested at the time was then Regent, Andi Merya Nur...

Towards the end of last week, in the midst of many problems faced by the institution, investigators at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) once again carried out a Sting Operation, this time the target was East...

Less than two weeks ago, the Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Filri Bahuri, was named a suspect in the alleged extortion case committed against Syahrul Yasin Limpo (NasDem). Syahrul, who was the Minister of...

In the last two years it seems that Danny Nugroho of Bank Capital has continued to face legal problems. This year, a bankruptcy lawsuit was filed against Danny personally. It is interesting to learn that information regarding this process was deliberately suppressed by the court.

The trial on the case of alleged corruption in the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI/Eximbank) ended without much attention. Despite the enormous estimated value of the State loss, the examination of the defendants went far from media coverage while the parties in the case continue having their own dispute to this day.

Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, has officially become a suspect in the case of alleged extortion in connection with the case of alleged corruption at the Ministry of Agriculture which has...

The case of alleged corruption in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) enters a new chapter as the suspect finally faces court proceedings. The defendant is the former Head of DJBC Office in Makassar, South...

Although it is rarely heard by the general public, PT Pertamina (Persero)’s upstream subholding, PT Pertamina Hulu Energi (PT PHE) is one of Pertamina’s busiest subsidiaries. After being indirectly entangled in a case of alleged corruption, recently the company was sued by one of its vendors. In the same court, there have been at least 10 lawsuits filed against PT PHE and its subsidiaries in the last 10 years, or at least one new lawsuit is filed every year.

PT Pabrik Kertas Indonesia also known as PT Pakerin once led a promising sector, but after its founder passed away in November 2019, problems began to emerge. We learned that the family feud continues to this day in several different courts in Jakarta and Surabaya, the latest lawsuit was filed last week.