The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) moves very fast in uncovering the corruption allegation which supposedly caused the cooking oil shortage in the country. The dockets of all suspects had been expedited to the stage of prosecution just three months after inquisition and suspects announcement. This week, trial of the defendants started.

Since businessman Surya Darmadi, owner of Duta Palma Group, returned to Indonesia in the late afternoon on Aug. 15, 2022 and surrender himself after being on the wanted list for nearly three years, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) continue working to recover State...

In 2019, the Tangerang City Government held a tender for the construction of a Waste Power Plant (PLTSa) and chose PT Oligo Infrastruktur Indonesia (PT OII) as the winner. The construction will be proceed by PT Oligo Infra Swarna Nusantara (OISN). The parties initialy...

Towards the end of last week, an interesting lawsuit was filed by PT Bank Mayapada Internasional Tbk against several companies as well as one Suganda Setiadikurnia (or Setiadi Kurnia). No information has been provided by the court, but since the beginning of the year...

Three years ago, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry sue PT Rambang Agro Jaya (PT RAJ) to force the company into taking responsibility for forest fires that occurred on 500 hectares of company's concession in Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatera. The Panel of...

On Aug. 24, 2022, the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta) registers a lawsuit related to the controversial revocation of mining permits. The company filing the lawsuit is actually a low profile company, but the representatives caught our attention. He is...

In the midst of the development of financial literacy and increasing investment needs, the existence of financial institutions is also increasing. But not infrequently, parties that do not have the authority in financial matters can actually operate freely. The most obvious example is what happened to Kospin Indosurya, which was recently declared bankrupt and involved in criminal scheme. Recently, the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises said that at least eight savings and loans cooperatives union (Kospin or KSP) had similar problems and three of them were facing criminal charges, including Kospin Indosurya.

Continuous pressure from The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on businessman Surya Darmadi, owner of Duta Palma Group worked well. Surya finally returned to Indonesia in the late afternoon on Aug. 15, 2022 after being on the wanted list for nearly three years. Surya’s health condition had deteriorated a few days later and had to be treated intensively, but his condition soon improved and Surya was finally examined as a suspect on Aug. 24, 2022. At the same time, the AGO announced that it had seized various assets related to Surya with a total value of Rp10 trillion.

In April 2021, Baru Gold once again announced that it had implemented the socialization meetings between March 22, 2021, and March 24, 2021, and stated that the meetings were well attended. The Company further mentioned that speaking at the meeting in support of the project were the Regent of Sangihe Islands, the Chief of Police for the Sangihe Islands Regency, the Head of the Environmental Department, and the Head of the Energy and Mineral Resources Department. The announcement sounds off because the details are in contrast to the statement provided by the Regent himself.

It has been nearly two years since the provision of a mining operation license on Sangihe Island in North Sulawesi has become a controversy. Several representatives of the affected residents filed a lawsuit to the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta) against the decision given to the mining company soon after. After nearly a year of proceedings, the lawsuit was rejected in April 2022. However, a different group filed a different lawsuit to the PTUN Manado, North Sulawesi.