Several months ago, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) started an investigation into the allegations of corruption in the process of implementing national export financing carried out by the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI/Eximbank). There has been no significant development since. Recently, the AGO implied that it would name a suspect in the case, while LPEI continued to receive injections of funds from the Government.

Earlier this year, former deputy minister of foreign affairs Dino Patti Djalal shared on his personal Twitter account that his mother had fallen victim to a land mafia syndicate scam. The syndicate illegally took several of the latter’s houses. Not long after, Dino named the person he suspected of masterminding this syndicate: Freddy Kusnadi. In turn, Freddy reported Dino to the police for defamation. The police later announced that it had arrested dozens of land mafia suspects, including Freddy. The police worked very fast and the prosecution stage commenced just a few months after the case was uncovered. Recently, we learned that suspects in the cases had been found guilty. 

In the first week of June 2021, the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta) registered a lawsuit filed by PT Toshida Indonesia, a mining company located in Southeast Sulawesi. The Company sued the decision made by the Minister of Investment (Head of the...

Over three months ago, shocking news was revealed during a hearing between the House Commission III of the House of Representatives and Attorney General ST Burhanuddin on June 14, 2021. There were allegations of unfair practices in the import of gold bullion valued at...

The Coordinating Minister for Maritime & Investment Affairs General (ret) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan reported Haris Azhar, the executive director of Lokataru & former coordinator of KontraS, and Fatia Maulidiyanti, the current coordinator of KontraS, to the Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya) on Wednesday (Sept. 22). Both activists accused the retired Army general of playing a role in the Wabu Block, a gold mine in Intan Jaya, Papua. They relayed the accusation in a virtual discussion aired on Haris Azhar’s YouTube channel. Some consider Luhut’s action repressive, but others support his move. The police report is being followed up. We shall see how this story progresses.

The case brokering scandal in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has unravelled allegations involving high profile politicians. The KPK has since named the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Azis Syamsuddin a suspect. Azis allegedly introduced the former KPK Adjunct Commissioner (Pol.) Stepanus Robin Pattuju to the then Mayor of Tanjungbalai M Syahrial. Azis and Syahrial are both Golkar politicians. 

Earlier this year, the public learned that tax officials had allegedly transacted and helped three large companies avoid their obligations. One of said companies was owned by the notorious Haji Isam. After several months of speculation, the Corruption Eradication...

Over six years ago, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) began their investigation into then Governor of South Sumatera Alex Noerdin. He is also one of the key leaders of the Golkar Party. At the time, there was an allegation of corruption in the construction of the athlete dormitory. A couple of years later, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) questioned Alex Noerdin, also in his capacity as the governor of South Sumatera, related to the allegation of graft in the disbursement of the South Sumatera grant and social assistance fund. Apart from the two allegations, several other cases supposedly involve Alex, but nothing can ensnare Alex. Investigation after investigation passed, and Alex remained free until this week.

PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (Persero) (PGAS) announced several information disclosures to the IDX earlier this year. They are all related to the Company’s tax problems. In its announcement in February 2021, PGAS stated that it had lost in a dispute against the Directorate General of Taxation and must pay more than Rp3 trillion. It’s terrible news, for the Company is not in a good situation. No one wants to think of what could happen if PGAS is forced to pay the amount. We have not heard of further information since then, until this week. We learned that PGAS managed to win some of the disputes in the Reconsideration stage and, therefore, can save a lot. The Company is still waiting for decisions in several other disputes, but the Reconsideration victory is enough to provide positive feedback.