The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) recently announced the ninth suspect in the case of corruption involving PT Asuransi Sosial Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia (familiarly known as PT ASABRI). The suspect is also the first suspect ensnared in an allegation of money laundering. We expect the AGO to name more suspects soon. Separately, the examination of the case of corruption in Jambi, which was uncovered in late 2017, continues. Recently, the prosecutors read their demands for several defendants.

Entering 2021, the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) announced that it would examine seven cases of delay in notification of mergers and acquisitions. In some cases, the parties are suspected of being involved in more than one violation. Meanwhile, the KPPU had read its decisions on two similar cases.

An interesting lawsuit was registered to the Commercial Court at the Central Jakarta District Court on Feb. 15, 2021. The Court did not provide any further information regarding the parties in dispute, but this is interesting. The one being sued is one Antonius Vidi Kamadjaja. The one seeking Anton’s bankruptcy is the notorious Robert Tantular. 

The past week until the beginning of this week has been filled with news about the development of various cases of corruption. There is traction with the case involving the former Minister of Marine and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo, the case involving a regional head, and a case involving the former Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) member Rizal Djalil. There are also developments related to the case involving Joko Tjandra.

In Nov. 2019, Indonesian Customs officials uncovered a smuggling scandal involving executives of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (GIAA). Four directors, including then-President Director Ari Askhara, were dismissed following the incident. The Directorate General of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance promised that the investigation into the violation would be finished in less than a week. That was over a year ago. Finally, the trial of Ari Askhara started this week. 

PT Kasih Industri Indonesia (PT KII) began the year 2021 with the lawsuit on Suspension of Debt Payment (PKPU) filed by PT Humpuss Trading, a company controlled by Tommy Soeharto. The South Jakarta District Court rejected the lawsuit in the second week of February 2021. But soon after that, another company in the same group with PT Humpuss Patragas filed a similar PKPU lawsuit. Kasih group and its owner Eka Wahyu Kasih are tangled in a corruption case.

Over four years have passed since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) uncovered a corruption scheme in the Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla). Unlike with other cases, the KPK continued investigating the Bakamla graft case though the trials were over. It...

Recently, Panels of Judges have been handing down decisions with more than what was asked for. Such decisions are called Ultra Petita decisions. In some cases, Panels of Judges even decided something other than what was demanded in the indictment. Do judges have such...

PT Sentul City Tbk (BKSL) faced yet another lawsuit on Suspension of Debt Payment (PKPU) last month. Since 2016, the Commercial Court of the Central Jakarta District Court has registered three lawsuits seeking the Company's bankruptcy and four PKPU lawsuits. The...