On June 30, 2016 the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted a Sting Operation (OTT) and captured a registrar of the Central Jakarta District Court Muhammad Santoso and an advocate transacting in bribe. A day later, the KPK named 3 suspects in the case and...
The Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama still has a handful of issues confronting him—the biggest one of all is the controversial Jakarta Bay Island Reclamation project. But in last week, Ahok was once again confronted with a scandalous land...
Doddy Arianto Supeno, an employee of Lippo Group’s subsidiary PT Artha Pratama Anugerah (APP) was caught bribing the Registrar of Central Jakarta District Court Edy Nasution. We’ve talked about the indictment in the first part of this article. Herein...
The trial of Doddy Arianto Supeno, an employee of the Lippo Group’s subsidiary PT Artha Pratama Anugerah (APP) that was caught handing bribes to the Registrar of the Central Jakarta District Court Edy Nasution, was held on June 29, 2016. At the first hearing,...
In April 2016, the Commercial Court of the Central Jakarta District Court rejected the petition for bankruptcy and Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) against PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Persero) (Merpati) that was filed by its former employees and one of its...
On June 28, 2016, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted Sting Operation (OTT) and caught 6 people including a member of the Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) I Putu Sudiartana. A day later, the Democratic Party lawmaker and the 5...
In a move to limit the usage of plastic bags, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has been testing a policy on paid plastic bags for retails business since February 2016. The first phase of the trial was over on May 31, 2016. The Ministry subsequently issued a...
PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI) once again had to postpone the vote on the peace proposal prepared for their Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) process. Several major creditors claimed that they were still studying the proposal, hence the delay. Said major creditors...
The process of Suspension of Debt Payments (PKPU) against PT Super Eximsari Ltd and its sister company PT Super Makmur continues. The two companies said that they would look for investors to help in injecting capital. But lately, Super Eximsari said that it would...
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has issued the Presidential Instruction No. 4/2016, which contains provisions regarding austerity measures and spending cuts in ministries and state institutions in the new and revised 2016 state budget. All ministries...
