After 10 long months and very turbulent proceedings, the former President Director of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) (PLN) Nur Pamudji was found guilty of corruption. Nur Pamudji, who was once declared as the icon of anti-corruption, was declared responsible for causing State losses as a result of irregular procurement of High-Speed ​​Diesel (HSD) fuel supplied by PT Trans-Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI).

In mid-May 2020, the House of Representatives passed the revised Law on Mineral and Coal Mining (Minerba). The revision was enacted as Law No. 3/2020. Last week, the Constitutional Court received three applications for Judicial Review challenging the said Law. One of the applications was submitted by several politicians, including the Governor of Bangka Belitung Islands, one Erzaldi Rosman Djohan (Golkar).

Koperasi Simpan Pinjam (Kospin) Indosurya Cipta was able to convince its creditors to resolve the dispute after submitting its latest peace proposal on July 8, 2020. So Kospin can avoid bankruptcy. That said, doubts remain. 

Joko Tjandra, whose family controls the Mulia Group, left Indonesia a day before the court officially sentenced him guilty. Joko supposedly made his escape after insiders of the judiciary institution tipped him. It’s a suspicion that has not been proven. Two years after Joko’s escape, the Mulia Group caused a stir for its luxury hotel construction in Bali. Joko Tjandra was supposedly involved in the process. That said, the Mulia Hotels and Resorts was built despite the controversy. Eight years later, businessman one Frans Bambang Siswanto filed a police report claiming that the said Hotel was built on his property. The land was allegedly sold by I Made Sumantra using fake deeds and certificates. The Hotel denied the accusation and insisted that it had obtained the parcel of land through legal means. Sumantra was found guilty and convicted by the court. The same decision is upheld at the stage of cassation in the Supreme Court in 2019.

Corruption in the provision of loan facilities from PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk (BBNI) was revealed in 2003. Unfortunately, not much is known about the case other than its suspects Arnold Waworuntu was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, and that another suspect Maria Pauline Lumowa had fled the country. This week, the public was shocked by the news of Maria’s extradition. 

Tubagus Chaeri Wardana (Wawan) —brother of former Banten governor Ratu Atut— is a graft convict. He is also standing trial in a separate case from the one of which he was convicted. It is one of the largest money laundering cases in the country. It reveals how Wawan used his sister’s power to commit crimes in various ways. Nevertheless, the trial has gone largely outside of media coverage. The trial continued on July 9, 2020 with Wawan reading his defense plea. Despite all the accounts and evidence presented in the proceedings, Wawan still had the nerves to ask for acquittal.

On July 7, 2020, several social media portals buzzed with the news of users claiming they were able to access services from Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) even though they’re using an internet network associated with PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLKM). TLKM decided to block access to NFLX beginning in 2016. On the same day, the Government announced a list of international companies determined as collectors, reporters, and depositors of Value Added Tax (PPN) on digital goods and services sold in Indonesia. One of the companies on the list is Netflix Streaming Services International BV, the Amsterdam unit of NFLX.

The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim) recently announced new suspects in the case of alleged fraud related to the Koperasi Simpan Pinjam (Kospin) Indosurya Cipta. In addition to one new individual suspect, the Bareskrim also named Kospin as a corporate suspect. Meanwhile, Kospin’s process of Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) continues. The creditors were supposed to vote for the peace proposal on July 6, 2020, but the meeting was postponed. It is scheduled to be resumed today, July 8, 2020. 

In October 2019, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted a sting operation and arrested several people including then Regent of Indramayu one Supendi (Golkar). The inquisition continued far from media attention. The trial started in December 2019. Supendi and the remaining defendants were recently found guilty.