On Jan. 20, 2021, the Commercial Court of the Central Jakarta District Court registered a lawsuit for Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) against PT Bumi Hasta Mukti (PT BHM). In February 2021, the lawsuit was withdrawn. The Company faced a new PKPU lawsuit in June 2021. The examination of the lawsuit is ongoing but there’s an issue with the creditor who filed for the PKPU lawsuit. The situation is serious enough that PT BHM filed a different lawsuit on allegation of tort at the South Jakarta District Court against creditor PT Putra Sungai Bambu (PT PSB) and the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited. In the lawsuit. PT BHM refers to PT PSB as a fake company.

Towards the end of 2020, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced four new suspects in a graft case dubbed the Budget Mafia case. Around the same time, the KPK detained Mayor of Dumai Zulkifli Adnan (Nasdem), who was named a suspect in the case in 2019. The inquisition and prosecution processes continued far from media coverage. Four suspects were found guilty. Last week, the Panel of Judges read the verdict for the last defendant in the case: Zulkifli Adnan.

The notorious Benny Tjokrosaputro, who was convicted in the corruption case involving PT Asuransi Jiwasraya, is still fighting for his freedom. The Supreme Court is currently examining the cassation petition that Benny filed last June. The proceedings of the case leave many problems. The South Jakarta District Court registered a default lawsuit questioning part of the verdict given against Benny. This lawsuit was filed by Dicky Tjokrosaputro, Benny’s brother.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named Samin Tan, owner of PT Borneo Lumbung Energi & Metal Tbk (formerly BORN), a suspect of bribery over two years ago. He was investigated after the KPK looked into the allegations of corruption related to the...

Over two months ago we witnessed the trial of 13 corporate suspects in the corruption case involving State-owned insurance company PT Asuransi Jiwasraya (Persero). In the evening of Aug. 16, 2021, after listening to the objections of several defendants, the Panel of Judges decided to annul the indictment of the case.

After nearly two years of investigation and inquisition, the defendants’ trials in the case of corruption involving PT Asuransi Sosial Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia (familiarly known as PT ASABRI) began earlier this week. The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) initially named nine suspects in the case, but one of the suspects passed away near the end of the inquisition stage. So the prosecution stage started with only eight defendants, three of whom are also indicted for money laundering. The indictments detail the scheme.

The court examination into the corruption case that brought down former minister of social affairs Juliari Peter Batubara will soon end. Several weeks ago the prosecutors read their demands for Juliari. Near the end of last week, the prosecutors read their demands for...

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 Investment Coordinating Board – BKPM). A week later, the Southeast Sulawesi High Prosecutor’s Office (Kejati) announced that its investigation of the Company had been escalated to the stage of inquisition. It named four suspects of graft, including two executives of the Company and two former regional officials. Three suspects filed pre-trial lawsuits. One lawsuit was denied, but the pre-trial lawsuit filed by the President Director of PT Toshida was granted. The Kejati has reportedly asked the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for assistance to help resolve the issue.

Earlier this year, we reported that a lawsuit on Suspension of Debt Payment (PKPU) was filed by PT Acset Indonusa Tbk (ACST) against PT China Sonangol Media Investment (PT CSMI) had been granted. PT CSMI, which is currently building “INDONESIA 1”, entered its period of PKPU. The process lasted until March 2021, before the parties decided to end it peacefully. In July 2021, PT CSMI took corporate actions without notifying its shareholder PT Media Property Indonesia (PT MPI), a part of Surya Paloh Media Group. PT MPI submitted a police report on an allegation of embezzlement. A month later, it decided to take the dispute to court. On Aug. 10, 2021, the Central Jakarta District Court registered a lawsuit filed by PT MPI, who accuses PT CSMI of default.

In March 2021, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigated the allegations of corruption in the arrangement of excisable goods managed by the Concession Agency (BP) in the Bintan Free Trade and Free Port Zone (FTZ) (BP Bintan). The KPK said that the BP Bintan case was already in the inquisition stage, so there should already be a suspect. However, the current KPK leadership is not as eager to announce the suspect’s identity compared to the previous leadership. It took the KPK four more months to finally arrest and announce the suspects, one of whom is the Regent of Bintan Apri Sujadi (Democratic Party).