Last month, the former Governor of South Sumatera Alex Noerdin was named a suspect of corruption in two different cases after years of speculation. The investigation was initiated by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). Alex denies the allegations to this day. Unfortunately for Alex, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has long been eyeing his son, Dodi Reza Alex Noerdin, also the regent of Musi Banyuasin. Last week, the KPK arrested Dodi and other parties in a sting operation. Dodi was announced as one of the suspects the following day.

Earlier this year, the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Train (HST) reached a construction milestone with completion of the longest continuous beam. That said, the progress has been overshadowed by the controversy that followed. Plenty of cost overruns were discovered. Many parties urged the implementation of an investigative audit. Commercial operation is targeted to commence in early 2023. Can the project be completed on time?

The Satuan Tugas Penanganan Hak Tagih Negara Dana Bantuan Likuiditas Bank Indonesia (Satgas BLBI), a Task Force under Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati’s supervision, is facing a new obstacle. The Satgas BLBI is attempting to recover funds from some businessmen related to the 1997-1998 financial crisis. On Oct. 11, 2021, the Central Jakarta District Court registered a tort lawsuit filed by the Harjono brothers. Both of them feel that they have no obligation. So they considered the Satgas’ actions unlawful. 

The former Regent of North Labuhanbatu Kharuddin Syah, who was convicted in the Budget Mafia case, is now facing a new trial. Kharuddin is indicted for allegedly embezzling the collection fees of Land and Building taxes (PBB) for the plantation sector. 

Djan Faridz (PPP), a former minister of Public Housing in the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was in a dispute with the Central Jakarta land office. The dispute concerned the legal status of home ownership in Menteng. Before we could find out more details, Djan Faridz had withdrawn the lawsuit. Recently, we learned of a land dispute involving Djan Faridz’s son related to the ownership of land and buildings covering an area of approximately 2,000 square meters, also in Menteng. If we calculate the average market price around the disputed location, we are talking about assets worth more than Rp150 billion.

It has been over four years since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that it had a new inquisition on a case of alleged corruption involving State-owned insurance company PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Jasindo). The case concerns the provision of insurance services for the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Body (BP Migas, now SKK-Migas). The KPK named Jasindo’s former President Director Budi Tjahjono a suspect, but the inquisition was stalled for over a year. The KPK resumed examination in July 2018 and Budi was convicted in 2019. Towards the end of April 2021, the KPK announced new suspects in the case and it took the KPK six months to finish the dockets of the suspects. The trials of the suspects started this week. 

We have been waiting for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to ensnare the former Secretary of the Supreme Court Nurhadi for years before the KPK finally named him suspect in a case of corruption. Nurhadi, his son-in-law and another party in the case were found guilty. Later, on Oct. 11, 2021, the Panel of Judges declared Ferdy Yuman, the person who helped Nurhadi hide from law enforcers, guilty as charged. 

Over a decade ago a plantation company in West Kalimantan was found illegally logging inside a conservation area. Six years later, the Company’s director was found guilty and convicted, but before the verdict could be executed, the convict, Maman Suherman bin Jaya Permana, managed to escape. The West Kalimantan High Prosecutor’s Office (Kejati), assisted by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), have successfully arrested said convict in South Jakarta, four years after he went into hiding.

Near the end of 2019, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) uncovered a corruption scheme in Muara Enim. It brought down the Regent of Muara Enim one Ahmad Yani (Demokrat) and several other people, including the Chairman of DPRD one Aries HB (PDIP). Not long after that, Ahmad Yani’s Deputy Regent one Juarsah was also named a suspect. In May 2020 Ahmad Yani was found guilty and the other suspects were found guilty soon after. The KPK did not stop developing the case and recently named new suspects. Meanwhile, Juarsah’s trial is ongoing. In the latest hearing held last week, the prosecutors read their demands.