In the midst of all the criminal cases that occurred lately, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) continued to investigate corruption cases. The KPK carried out their latest sting operation and continued to investigate...

This case is one of the most interesting cases in modern Indonesia, involving people with high-profile connections in the military, police, and the government at both national and regional level. Four years ago it was mentioned in the midst of the dispute related to the Sebuku Group, recently, the case was reported to the POLRI by former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights,  Denny Indrayana, who has become a lawyer.  

It has been over four years since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed a grand criminal scheme, which was later dubbed the Budget Mafia case. The case started with a simple arrest of Amin Santono, a former Democratic Party politician. It has now brought down dozens of parties, including too many regional leaders. Earlier this year, KPK made a long overdue announcement and named two new suspects,  namely the former Regent of Tabanan, Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti (PDIP), and Rifa Surya. Eka listened to the prosecutors demands towards the end of last week, just five months after being named suspect. While Rifa was finally detained the day after.

Last month we reported on the dispute between Tan Heng Lok and PT Industri Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) (PT INTI), both are shareholders of textile producer PT Sejahtera Bintang Abadi Textile Tbk (SBAT). Court examination on the latest lawsuit just started on Aug. 10, 2022, but Tan Heng Lok already filed a different lawsuit against different parties including PT Perdana Karya Perkasa Tbk (PKPK). 

It has been five years since the Government of Indonesia terminated its coal mining concession agreement (PKP2B) with PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (PT AKT), a subsidiary of PT Borneo Lumbung Energi & Metal Tbk (BORN, now delisted) belonging to Samin Tan. Samin Tan goes...

The Directorate General of Taxation at the Ministry of Finance once again had to bear the shame after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) uncovered a corruption scheme related to the payment of tax restitution for the Solo-Kertosono Toll Road construction project. The KPK has named three suspects in this case including tax official in East Java.

Four years ago, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named two companies suspects of corruption for the construction of the Sabang unloading port. They are a local construction company from Aceh, PT Tuah Sejati, and the State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN), PT Nindya Karya (Persero). We did not hear of any update since then, even though the individual suspects in the same case have been convicted since 2014. Fortunately the KPK has not forgotten the case. The trial of the two corporate suspects begins earlier this week. It took the court five more months to wrap up the proceedings and listen to the prosecutors demands towards the end of last week.

It has been over two years after the first hearing of the trial of the defendants of PT Asuransi Jiwasraya’s graft case started. Back then the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) already froze the bank accounts of those suspected of being involved in the scheme, one of them is PT Asuransi Jiwa Adisarana Wanaartha, also known as WanaArtha Life. The Company cannot fulfill its obligations to its clients as a result. Clients are trying to get their rights back through various legal channels, but to no avail. But who would have guessed, this case would actually be the beginning of revelation of other crimes committed by WanaArtha officials.

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has examined allegations of violations committed by PT Sinar Ternak Sejahtera (PT STS), which is part of the PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk (CPIN), the largest integrated poultry player, since 2020. This alleged violation is not a violation that the public usually knows about when it comes to KPPU, namely the merger/acquisition process. This time, the alleged violation was related to the inti plasma partnership implementation agreement and PT STS was found guilty of committing a violation towards 117 of its plasma last week. The penalties given are very severe, with the possibility of revocation of business licenses and a fine of Rp10 billion. Worst of all, this decision is final and no legal remedies are available to PT STS.