May 22, 2026 | Law, Market
Business Competition Supervisory Comission (KPPU) has recently fined NTT Docomo Rp2 billion for delaying notification of its acquisition of Intage Holdings. The verdict was read out during the hearing of case No. 16/KPPU-M/2025 last week. Deswin Nur, Head of the KPPU...
May 21, 2026 | Law, Politics
The revelation that former police general Ferdy Sambo is pursuing a Master’s degree in theology from prison has reopened an uncomfortable debate. Where exactly is the line between rehabilitation and privilege? Legally, the government is correct. Prisoners retain the...
May 18, 2026 | Law, Politics
The government’s latest push to ban tribal warfare in Papua Pegunungan may sound, at first glance, like a reasonable attempt to stop violence. No modern state can simply tolerate recurring armed clashes that leave civilians dead, schools abandoned and communities...
May 15, 2026 | Law, Politics
“We did not ban the screening of Pesta Babi.” That statement from Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendrawas intended to calm public controversy surrounding the documentary film. Instead, it exposed a deeper and...
May 13, 2026 | Law, Market
As the government pushes platforms to improve protections for minors online, social media companies have largely moved toward compliance. E-commerce platforms, however, are asking for negotiation, flexibility and gradual implementation. On the surface, such requests...
May 13, 2026 | Law, Politics
Last week, the Constitutional Court approved the withdrawal of a judicial review petition challenging provisions of the 2026 State Budget Law related to MBG. The petition had been filed by “MBG Watch,” a coalition of civil society groups that includes anti-corruption...
May 13, 2026 | Law, Market
The conviction of Ibrahim Arief in the Chromebook procurement scandal may have targeted a technology consultant, but politically and legally, the ruling represents a far bigger threat to Nadiem Makarim, the former education minister now under house arrest amid the...
May 12, 2026 | Law, Market
Prosecutors from the Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office named three top executives of KoinP2P as suspects in an alleged corruption case tied to the disbursement of approximately Rp600 billion in loans through a cooperation scheme with state-owned lender Bank Rakyat...
May 11, 2026 | Law, Market
The recent acquittal of eight bankers in the Rp1.3 trillion Sritex corruption case may have protected banking industry from immediate reputational shock. But it also exposed a deeper problem within the country’s legal and financial governance system: the uneasy...
May 11, 2026 | Law, Market
Findings from an investigation by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) point to alleged corruption in the 2025 procurement of halal certification services at the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), with potential state losses estimated at up to Rp 49.5 billion. ICW...
