Legalization of Ojeks: What to Consider

Oct 27, 2015 | Industries, Law

Motorcycle taxi, otherwise referred to locally as ojek, quickly became a very important transportation mode in the capital city Jakarta. This is largely thanks to the onslaught of new mobile applications increasing access to ojek riders. The problem is that ojek is...

KKP v. Silver Sea 2

Oct 26, 2015 | Law

The feud between the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries (KKP) against MV Silver Sea 2 continues. After two of its pre-trial petition were rejected by the District Court of Sabang Silver Sea 2 reportedly planned to take their case to the International Court of Justice....

Are the Police Soft on the Sinarmas Group?

Oct 26, 2015 | Industries, Law

On October 21, 2015, the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim Polri) issued a shocking announcement. PT Bumi Mekar Hijau (BMH), one of the companies previously named as a suspect of illegal forest clearing, was suddenly a suspect no more. The...

The 4.4 Trillion Hunt

Oct 23, 2015 | Law, News Group

One more step has to be taken before the Supersemar Foundation will be required to compensate Rp4.4 trillion in state losses, in accordance with the Supreme Court’s Reconsideration (PK) verdict read in July 2015. The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has...

Mobile-8 Tax Restitution Case

Oct 23, 2015 | Law, Reviews

The investigation into the case of alleged corruption involving tax refunds/restitution of PT Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk (Mobile-8, now SmartFren) has entered a new round. The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is said to have escalated the status of this case from...

Patrice Rio Capella finds Refuge behind Pre Trial

Oct 22, 2015 | Law, Politics

The Former Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (Nasdem) Patrice Rio Capella filed for a pre-trial to challenge the process by which the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named him a graft suspect. Patrice allegedly acted as case broker related to...

Dalton Tanonaka v. Prem Harjani

Oct 21, 2015 | Law

Senior announcer Dalton Ichiro Tanonaka, who is also the Director of PT Melia Media International (MMI), is facing a lawsuit related to a breach of contract, and a civil suit filed by PT Vivaces Prabu Investments. Dalton allegedly committed fraud and embezzled...

The Constitutional Court Under Attack

Oct 21, 2015 | Law, News Group

A number of students, who are members of the Jakarta Law Student Movement (GMHJ), reported four Justices of the Constitutional Court to the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, following the Constitutional Court (MK) decision to grant the judicial review filed by the...

The East Bontang Block Graft Case

Oct 20, 2015 | Law, News Group, Politics

Five months after declaring the President Director of PT Innovare Gas Budiantoro Syahlani a graft suspect, the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Division (Bareskrim POLRI) arrested Budiantoro under the suspicion of graft in the process of awarding of an onshore...

The Arrest of Sam Pa

Oct 20, 2015 | Law, News Group, Politics

Tycoon Sam Pa was recently arrested in connection with a corruption case. This news attracted the interest of those who are familiar with the business relations and friendship between Paloh and Sam Pa. So let’s talk about a bit about Sam Pa. American Congressional...