The trial of Richard Joost (RJ) Lino, the former CEO of State-owned port management company PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Persero) (Pelindo II) is over. The lengthy process ended as predicted: Lino was found guilty.

Textile giant PT Sri Rejeki Isman Tbk (SRIL or Sritex) has been having a rather terrible year. The last lawsuit for Suspension of Debt Payment (PKPU) against its affiliated company was granted by the Commercial Court at the Semarang District Court. Five companies in the group, including the parent company, and one affiliated company are in a temporary PKPU period. On that note, one PKPU process on a subsidiary ended peacefully, while the last PKPU process was granted an extension just last week.

The past few years have been difficult for PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk (GIAA). The Central Jakarta District Court recorded 20 lawsuits related to Garuda Indonesia within the period, not to mention disputes in other countries. By the end of January 2021, a United Kingdom...

It has been over two years since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) uncovered a corruption scheme in Muara Enim. The case brought down the Regent of Muara Enim Ahmad Yani (Democratic Party) and several other people, including the Chairman of DPRD Aries HB...

Over two years ago, we reported on a lawsuit registered to the Commercial Court at the Central Jakarta District Court against PT Kagum Karya Husada and its founder one Henry Husada (Kagum Group). The one filing the lawsuit is PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Agroniaga Tbk (AGRO), seeking Kagum Group to restructure its debts. AGRO kept trying to force the Group to restructure its debt (PKPU) through several similar lawsuits until its lawsuit was finally accepted in mid-2020. Towards the end of 2020, the Group and its founder were declared bankrupt. But the Group refused to give up. It filed a lawsuit against the team of curators in the bankruptcy process and asked the court to overturn the bankruptcy decision on the Company.

The devastating 2015 forest fires led to scores of prosecutions against individuals and corporations. Earlier this year, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry won another of its lawsuits after the Supreme Court overturned the decision made by the Pangkalan Bun District Court, but the joy did not last. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Pangkalan Bun District Court.  

The investigation and inquisition into the case of corruption in the construction of the Sriwijaya Mosque which ensnared the former Governor of South Sumatera Alex Noerdin continues. So far the case has implicated 13 people. This week, the Prosecutors read their demands for the latest batch of defendants. Separately, the lawsuit filed by plantation companies whose operating licenses were revoked by the Sorong regency government was eventually dismissed by the court after several months of examination. 

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a Circular (SEMA) No. 4/2021 on the implementation of several provisions in the handling of tax crimes. The SEMA was created to ensure the accuracy, certainty and unity of the application of the law in the administration and judicial process of crimes in the taxation sector. 

Two months after he was named a suspect in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) case brokering scandal, the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Azis Syamsuddin (Golkar) faced his trial this week. The Prosecutors read their indictment and revealed how Azis had asked for assistance to avoid an investigation. In a separate trial, the prosecutors read their demands for two defendants (the brokers).

The trial of the suspects involved in the PT Asuransi Sosial Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia (PT ASABRI) corruption scandal will be over soon. Prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has demanded the death penalty for Heru Hidayat. But have the Prosecutors really thought through these demands, or are they just attempting to attract public sympathy?