On Nov. 10, 2020, the KPK announced that it had named two new suspects in the Budget Mafia case, namely the Regent of North Labuhanbatu one Khairuddin Syah Sitorus and one Puji Suhartono. On Nov. 11, 2020, the KPK announced one more suspect in the case, who happens to be another politician from PPP, one Irgan Chairul Mahfiz. Separately, related to the Bengkalis graft case, the Panel of Judges declared the Regent of Bengkalis one Amril Mukminin guilty. In Jakarta, Taufik Agustono, the director of PT Humpuss Transportasi Kimia (PT HTK), who is standing trial for allegedly bribing Bowo Sidik Pangarso (who at the time was a member of the Commission VI of the House of Representatives representing Golkar) listened to the prosecutors’ demands. 

It has been nearly three years since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) uncovered a case of corruption dubbed as the Budget Mafia Case. The case later ensnared civil servants at the Ministry of Finance as key individual suspects. Later, the trial left many speechless with the revelation that dozens of regional leaders allegedly involved. The decision for the latest defendant in the case was read several months ago, but there are two remaining suspects to be prosecuted. On Nov. 10, 2020, the KPK announced that it had named two new suspects in the case, namely the Regent of North Labuhanbatu one Khairuddin Syah Sitorus and one Puji Suhartono.

The notorious advocate Fredrich Yunadi filed a lawsuit against the former Speaker of the House of Representatives Setya Novanto. Fredrich used to defend Setya Novanto before both were convicted in the same case—the E-KTP graft case. Fredrich demanded over Rp27 billion...

The debt disputes resolution through lawsuits on Suspension of Debt Payment (PKPU) is still the first option in 2020. We reported on the PKPU lawsuit that was filed against PT Mahkota Sentosa Utama (PT MSU), the developer of the Meikarta township project. The lawsuit...

On Nov. 5, 2020, the Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) officially announced that it was investigating Montreal-based Bombardier Inc over suspected bribery and corruption in relation to contracts and/or orders from PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. The investigation is related to the case of corruption that brought down Garuda’s former president director Emirsyah Satar and the notorious Soetikno Soedarjo.

In Oct. 2020, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police announced that it had named Benny Simon Tabalujan a suspect of fraud. Soon, Benny was dubbed as a land mafia and the Land Agency has been under scrutiny since. The case, however, did not receive much attention until Benny asked for legal assistance from one Haris Azhar, a human rights defender who often voiced his dislike of oligarchs since the Omnibus Bill was passed into Law. While all attention was on Haris, we wondered what exactly was going on that there had to be a commotion like this. As it turns out, the problem is the existence of three conflicting decisions from two different courts.

A week after the House of Representatives passed the Omnibus Bill on Job Creation into Law, two Judicial Review applications were submitted to the Constitutional Court. By the end of the same month, there were already four applications against the Omnibus Bill. After the Bill was promulgated as Law No. 11/2020, one more application was submitted by the workers confederation KSPI. We expect to see more Judicial Review applications submitted against the Law.   

The Indonesian Government continues to focus on economic recovery following the impact of COVID-19. The most recent policy issued is the Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 103/2020, which provides guarantees for the National Economic Recovery (PEN) program. 

Trial of the former Secretary of the Supreme Court Nurhadi and his son-in-law one Rezky Herbiyono continues. During the hearing held on Nov. 4, 2020, the prosecutors summoned three witnesses, one of whom is Rezky’s former employee who plays an important part in the scheme. 

Trial of Andi Irfan Jaya, a former cadre of NasDem, who was named suspect for being involved in the attempt to help Joko Tjandra, started on Nov. 4, 2020. Unlike the trials of the other defendants, this trial is far from media coverage. Separately, the verdict for the last defendant in the case of corruption in Bandung Municipality’s procurement of land for the Green Open Space (RTH) was read after it was delayed for a week.