Six months ago, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named the Regent of West Bandung Aa Umbara Sutisna (NasDem) a suspect for allegedly receiving bribes in the procurement of disaster emergency response goods or social assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sutisna denied the allegations. The inquisition stage revealed that Sutisna and his son had conspired together. The trial started in August 2021. This week, the prosecutors read their demands for Sutisna. 

Law No. 3/2020 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining (UU Minerba) has been criticized since it was passed and promulgated in June 2020. Some parties decided to submit Judicial Review (JR) applications to the Constitutional Court to challenge the Law. At least three JR applications were filed against Law 3/2020. On Oct. 27, 2021, the Assembly of Justices partially granted one application and rejected the other two.

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is on a roll. It has been discovering corruption in state-owned enterprises in the past year, one of which is the scandal involving Perusahaan Umum Perikanan Indonesia (Perum Perindo). On Oct. 27, 2021, the AGO announced three new...

Over a decade ago, PT Asuransi Kredit Indonesia (Persero) (Askrindo) was caught in a cycle of corruption that resulted in the conviction of officials of several companies and two Askrindo executives. The corruption court insisted on finding evidence even though the...

Several years ago, PT Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk (MDKA), which has a mining business license (IUP) in Pani through PT Pani Bersama Tambang (PT PBT), agreed with PT J Resources Asia Pacific Tbk (PSAB), which has a working contract (KK) in the block Pani through PT Gorontalo Sejahtera Mining (PT GSM), to form a joint venture in the Pani mining area. The parties later got into a dispute. Earlier this year, PT PBT filed an arbitration petition at the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) against PT J Resources Nusantara (PT JRN), another subsidiary of PSAB. PT PBT alleged PT JRN of having failed to fulfill its obligations to settle the agreed Conditional Shares Sale and Purchase Agreement (CSPA). PSAB denied the allegations. Two weeks ago, MDKA announced that the parties had submitted proposals to suspend the arbitration proceedings, which SIAC approved.

Over two years ago, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) uncovered a case of corruption involving the President Director of State-owned fisheries services company Perum Perindo. It took the KPK a year to punish all parties involved in said case. But that’s not the end of Perum Perindo’s woes. The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has announced an investigation and inquisition into the company. 

The Bill on the Harmonization of Tax Regulations (RUU HPP) was passed into Law in the Plenary Session held earlier this month. It remains a hot topic. In addition to containing several legal breakthroughs, the Bill also contains several drastic changes, including changes in the authority of tax crime investigators, which can go beyond the district court. The changes and additions to the authority are contained in the amendment to Art. 44 paragraph (2) of the RUU HPP. 

Seven months have passed since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed the news that it was investigating a corruption case related to land acquisition in East Jakarta. The bribee in the case is Yoory Corneles Pinontoan, the former president director of the Regional Public Corporation Pembangunan Sarana Jaya (PD Sarana Jaya). His trial began recently. The trial of the bribers will be held on Oct. 28, 2021. 

It has been over four years since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced its investigation and inquisition into the Bengkalis graft case. The KPK initially named two suspects. Dozens more were named subsequently. The trial of several of the suspects...