After months of exposing each other’s dirt and conducted media war, this week the PT Kawasan Berikat Nusantara (Persero) (KBN) – State owned bonded zone operator and PT Karya Citra Nusantara (KCN) coincidentally held their press conferences and once again explain their side of the story. By now all parties are waiting for the decision from the Supreme Court on the cassation petition filed by KCN, before there is a legally binding court verdict, even the Government cannot do anything to resolve the dispute.  

Last week, the Police announced they had named 60 individual suspects and 1 corporate suspect, most are believed to be responsible for the forest fires in happened in Sumatera the past several months. In the recent announcement, the Police said there were nearly 90 suspects and 1 corporate suspect. Meanwhile, the Ministry previously stated they had sealed 7 companies in West Kalimantan, while the Governor of West Kalimantan reportedly summoned the officials of close to 100 companies to warn them of their responsibilities. In the recent announcement, the Ministry reportedly had sealed 19 locations all over Indonesia.

Earlier this month, two years after they begin the investigation, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) decided to detained the former President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Emirsyah Satar and Soetikno Soedarjo, owner of PT Mugi Rekso Abadi, both are suspect in the case of bribery related to the bribery case involving Rolls-Royce, which was investigated by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO). When deciding to detain the two men, the KPK also announced that they had commenced new investigation into the case of alleged money laundering and named the two men as suspects along with Hadinoto Soedigno, Garuda Indonesia’s former executive vice president for Engineering and Maintenance Services. The KPK is rushing against the time if they want to begin the trial soon because they only have limited time to detain the suspects and probably this is why almost every day now the KPK summoned several parties as witnesses related to the cases.

Towards the end of 2018, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that they had commenced a new investigation into the case of alleged bribery in Jepara, Central Java. It was later revealed that the parties in the case are the Regent of Jepara one Ahmad Marzuqi and Judge Lasito, a judge in the Semarang District Court. The investigation was not preceded with a sting operation, and perhaps this is why the KPK needed a longer time to begin the trials. Last week, the prosecutors read their demands for Marzuqi and Lasito. 

Within the past year, PT Duta Pertiwi Tbk (DUTI), the sister company of PT Bumi Serpong Damai Tbk (BSDE) had been sued several times by different parties at the Central Jakarta District Court. What’s interesting about the lawsuits is that the object of the dispute is the same. On August 16, 2019, the Central Jakarta District Court registered a new lawsuit filed by the same parties on the same object of dispute. Now we wonder when will the dispute be resolved.

Five months after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted a sting operation related to bribery in PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk (KRAS), the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court read their decision for the bribers. Given the amount of bribes given in the case, it is not surprising that the Panel of Judges decided to punish the two high profile businessmen to less than 2 years imprisonment. 

On August 15, 2019, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that they had named five suspects in the case involving the Commissioner of PT Wahana Auto Ekamarga one Darwin Maspolim. Graft case in taxation is not a new thing, unfortunately, but what the suspects did when conspiring in the scheme is just unbelievable. 

Over a year ago the Jakarta High Prosecutor’s Office (Kejati Jakarta) issued a warrant for the commencement of inquisition (sprindik) in the procurement of coal for PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) in Muara Enim, Palembang, South Sumatera. The Kejati named two suspects in the case. One of them is Kokos Jiang (previously known as Kokos Leo Lim), the owner of Sugico group. He was involved in a dispute against Reliance Power Netherlands BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian power producer Reliance Power Ltd. Kokos filed a lawsuit against Reliance in June 2019. Three days after that, the Central Jakarta District Court ruled in favor of Kokos and acquitted him of all charges, but the story is not over. Kokos has other legal problem. On August 13, 2019, he was sued by one Chenny Kolondam. The lawsuit is related to a dispute over a rental contract worth less than Rp2 billion, but Chenny is an interesting person. 

The trial of Markus Nari, the latest defendant in the Electronic Identity Card (E-KTP) procurement graft case, began on August 14, 2019. We all know that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ensnared Markus in two charges, for receiving bribes and in obstruction of justice for encouraging Miryam S Haryani to disregard her investigation reports. The first hearing revealed details on how Markus tried to escape the legal process, but not much is new as we already know about it since before Markus was named a suspect. 

The Central Jakarta District Court recently disclosed a lawsuit filed against Pontjo Sutowo, son of the late Ibnu Sutowo. There are no details on the cause of the dispute.