After years full of drama, the case of corruption involving the former Secretary of the Supreme Court Nurhadi has come to an end. The Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court declared that Nurhadi and his son-in-law Rezky Herbiyono guilty of corruption. Nevertheless, the sentences handed to them are far from what the prosecutors had demanded.

From the previous article you can see that the banking crime scheme known as social engineering is often used and often made victims. Of the many cases that occurred, not only at Jenius but also at other banks, most of them ended up with the transfer of responsibility to the customer. However, as I said, customers do make mistakes, but does this mean that the bank can escape from its responsibility?

Jenius, a digital banking application developed by PT Bank BTPN Tbk (BTPN), was immediately recognized since it was introduced in 2016. The various facilities and attractive features offered with its youthful image have attracted many customers, including me. At first, I wanted to have a Jenius account. However, an acquaintance had a bad incident and since then I have often heard and read about bad experiences related to Jenius. I personally afraid of all things digital, with the incident happened at the time, I finally gave up my intention of becoming a Jenius customer. Several years later, yesterday, a friend who is a loyal Jenius customer, experienced a similar bad incident. Her savings worth more than Rp200 million from working for a dozen years disappeared immediately after being trapped in a so-called “social engineering” crimes. I took the initiative to find out through social media whether anyone had experienced a bad incident as a Jenius customer. The response I received was shocking. The kind of crime my friend had just experienced was not the only record that Jenius needed to pay attention to. But most importantly, why do similar cases often happen to Jenius customers?

The Commercial Court of the Central Jakarta District Court started 2021 with a myriad of lawsuits related to debt disputes, including the lawsuit on Suspension of Debt Payment (PKPU) filed against PT Sentul City Tbk (BKSL). This lawsuit is the eighth PKPU/bankruptcy lawsuit filed against the company within just a few years. The company has managed to avoid bankruptcy once again. In a separate court, the Jakarta provincial government won the dispute on the implementation of reclamation in Jakarta Bay by PT Jaladri Kartika Pakci. This verdict raises more questions on the continuation of the project.

On March 8, 2021, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed the news that it was investigating corruption related to land acquisition in East Jakarta. It had found two sufficient preliminary pieces of evidence, and so began the inquisition. Simultaneously, the KPK also announced that it was carrying out an inquisition on suspicion of bribery against the Directorate General of Taxation officials. Two officials were reportedly named suspects, and a total of six people have been banned from traveling abroad. We recently learned more details on the allegations.

The Law on Information and Electronic Transactions (known as the UU ITE) has long been a scourge for many. The Law is often misused. The talks on a revision of the Law continues. Meanwhile, we know that UU ITE’s revision will not make much difference if the primary penal code remains problematic. Recently, the House of Representatives conveys their willingness to continue discussing the controversial articles in the Bill on the Criminal Code (RKUHP).

On March 8, 2021, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed the news that it was corruption related to land acquisition in East Jakarta. Surprisingly, the KPK stated that it had found two sufficient preliminary pieces of evidence, and now the KPK has conducted an inquisition. This means the KPK has named a suspect in this case. 

Last week was filled with a lot of speculation due to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announcement that it was carrying out an inquisition on suspicion of bribery against the Directorate General of Taxation officials. Two officials reportedly have been named suspects, and six people have been banned from traveling abroad, some of whom are tax consultants. Towards the weekend, names of three companies appeared as companies suspected of being implicated in this case, thanks to the report from Tempo Magazine. One of the companies in question has a red thread with the two articles we published earlier.

PT Saranagraha Adisentosa (PT SAS), which runs the Matoa Golf Course & Country Club in Ciganjur, South Jakarta, had filed a lawsuit against the Indonesian Air Force Main Cooperative Union (INKOPAU) to the South Jakarta District Court. At the heart of the dispute is a land management contract. What happened?

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named six suspects in the bribery cases implicating three companies: PT Bank Panin Tbk (PNBN), PT Gunung Madu Plantation (GMP), and PT Jhonlin Baratama—-contractor of coal miner PT Arutmin Indonesia, subsidiary of Bumi Resources (BUMI). The three companies are among bribery cases in the examination of tax underpayment at 165 companies.