A Follow-Up on the Fishing License Moratorium

Jul 23, 2015 | Law

The Ministry of Marine and Fisheries (KKP) under the leadership of Minister Susi Pudjiastuti issued Circular Letter (SE) No. 581/SJ/PS.210/VII/2015 to respond to the request of shipowners for the release of their vessels. SE 581 is third circular issued by the KKP as...

Judicial Reviews & Regional Elections

Jul 22, 2015 | Law, Politics

The 2015 simultaneous regional elections is near. While elections will not begin until December 2015, gubernatorial and regent candidates must begin registering themselves this weekend, on July 26. But even with such a tight window of time, there are still those who...

Bureaucratic Reform in the Oil & Gas Sector

Jul 22, 2015 | Law, Politics

The Government has demonstrated its commitment to reforming Indonesia’s oil and gas sector (migas). In addition to gradually cutting the number of permits that must be owned by investors and companies, the Directorate General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of...

Ex-PLN Boss Named A Graft Suspect

Jul 21, 2015 | Law

The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim Polri) named the former President Director of the State Electricity Company (PT PLN) Nur Pamudji a graft suspect. Pamudji allegedly rigged the procurement of High Speed ​​Diesel (HSD) fuel supplied by PT...

Triomacan2000 Was Found Guilty of Extortion and Defamation

Jul 21, 2015 | Law

Last week, the South Jakarta District Court finally read their verdict on the extortion-cum-defamation case implicating three administrators of the notorious Twitter account @Triomacan2000, i.e., Edi Syahputra, Harry Koes Hardjono, and Raden Nuh. Harry Koes Hardjono...

Advocates Turned Convicts

Jul 20, 2015 | Law

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) surprised many in the legal profession after naming senior advocate Otto Cornelis Kaligis (OC Kaligis) a graft suspect. OC Kaligis was named a suspect three days after the KPK caught one of OC’s junior associates named M....

OC Kaligis : Hero to Zero?

Jul 16, 2015 | Law

The renowned Indonesian lawyer Otto Cornelis Kaligis (OC Kaligis) is now a graft suspect under the custody and investigation of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The KPK had previously arrested five other men, who were supposedly caught red-handed in a...

Clemency for Antasari

Jul 16, 2015 | Law

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is reportedly considering the possibility of granting the former Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Antasari Azhar a pardon. On July 13, 2015 President Jokowi summoned the Minister of Law and Human Rights...

Prohibition on Importation of Used Clothing

Jul 15, 2015 | Industries, Law

The Government through the Ministry of Trade re-tightened the regulation on the importation of used clothing by issuing the Regulation of the Minister ofTrade (Pemendag) No. 51/2015. The Imports Director of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of...

PTUN Granted the Lawsuit of Bangka Island Residents

Jul 15, 2015 | Law

The East Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) granted the Bangka Island residents’ lawsuit against the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM). The residents challenged the Ministry’s decision to issue the Decree of the Minister of ESDM No....