The investigation into the case of corruption related to the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI/Eximbank) continues. Earlier in November 2021, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that they had developed the investigation and named seven suspects in the new case, namely allegation of obstruction of justice. This week, the AGO named an advocate as new suspect with the same allegation. A new problem arose and the debate over the immunity of advocates was brought up again.

The Home Internet Giga Fiber (GIG) service, which is the embodiment of the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband service made by PT Indosat Mega Media (IM2), was officially discontinued two weeks ago. This decision coincided with the commencement of the execution of a court decision that was legally binding on the corruption case that ensnared the former President Director of IM2 Indar Atmanto. As of this week, the execution process is still ongoing.

Four years ago, Wilmar International Ltd officially acquired 51 percent of PT Lumbung Padi Indonesia (PT LPI) shares from Farma International Pte Ltd through its subsidiary PT Sentratama Niaga Indonesia (PT SNI). Since then, legal problems have not stopped troubling...

The Governor of South Sulawesi Nurdin Abdullah and his accomplice were found guilty of graft in separate hearings held this week. The disgraced governor of South Sulawesi was once praised for his anti-corruption image and intellect. Nurdin even received the Bung Hatta...

With its ruling on Law No. 11/2020 concerning Job Creation, the Constitutional Court seems to remind every stakeholder that the strategic purpose of a law should not ignore the constitutionality of the formation of laws. Public participation and transparency are...

The Constitutional Court made a historic decision last week. With four dissenting opinions, the Assembly of Justices ruled that the process of establishing Law No. 11/2020 concerning Job Creation is formally flawed. This is the first time in Indonesia’s judicial...

Two months ago, the former Governor of South Sumatera Alex Noerdin was named a suspect of corruption in two different cases. One of the cases in question is corruption in the construction of the Sriwijaya Mosque that allegedly made the State sustain Rp130 billion in losses. The case has implicated 13 people. Last week, the Panel of Judges of the Corruption Court of the Palembang District Court read their decisions for the latest batch of defendants. All were found guilty.

Fransiska Kumalawati Susilo, Edward Soeryadjaya’s second wife, recently filed a lawsuit at the South Jakarta District Court. Fransiska has appeared in the news from time to time because of several lawsuits and police reports that she filed against her in-laws’ family and other important parties, including Sandiaga Uno. After a long silence, Fransiska filed a pre-trial lawsuit and questioned the decision that the Police made in 2019.

Two months ago, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named three people as suspects in the case of bribery related to the procurement of goods and services in the Hulu Sungai Utara regency of South Kalimantan. This week, the KPK announced the progress of the investigation. The KPK also named a new suspect: the Regent of Hulu Sungai Utara Abdul Wahid. 

In 2015, the Jakarta High Prosecutors Office (Kejati Jakarta) began investigating Bank DKI’s 230-billion-rupiah credit facility scandal. Three of the bank’s former executives went to prison in 2017. A similar scheme has been carried out by executives at two branch offices of Bank DKI. The Central Jakarta district prosecutors office (Kejari) has begun an inquisition and named three suspects, including the President Director of PT Broadbiz Asia, the developer of Paragon Village in Tangerang. The company has been declared bankrupt since 2018.