The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) uncovered the case of corruption in the regency of Hulu Sungai Tengah, South Kalimantan, in the first month of 2018 during a Sting Operation which ensnared several people including the Regent Abdul Latif. By the end of the same year, the suspects were convicted. But the KPK developed the investigation and named Abdul Latif, a suspect in the case of money laundering. The investigation and inquisition continue to this day. 

On April 24, 2017, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named a suspect in the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) graft case. The suspect is the former Chairman of the Indonesia’s Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN) Syafruddin Arsyad “Syaf” Temenggung, who is also a suspect of another graft case implicating PT Victoria Securities International. In January 2019, Syaf was convicted to 15 years imprisonment after the Jakarta High Court aggravated the sentences previously given by the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court. Syaf refused to accept the verdict and filed a cassation. On July 9, 2019, the Panel of Cassation decided to release Syaf from the charges. Now that Syaf is released, what should we expect?

In February 2019, the Supreme Court announced that they had begun the process of selecting Ad hoc judge candidates for the first level corruption courts (district court) and the appellate level. Presently, there are more than one hundred candidates. The Coalition for Judicial Monitoring (KPP) stated that they had found many irregularities in the selection process. We should also note that several ad hoc judges of corruption courts have been convicted of corruption while serving as ad hoc judges.

As we all know, despite the confusing situation of the dispute related to the debt-claiming rights (cessie) involving PT Geria Wijaya Prestige (GWP) and several other parties, the trials of the lawsuits filed in two different district courts related to the case are ongoing. Recently, we learned that the Denpasar District Court with the help of the Denpasar Office of State Wealth and Auction Services (KPKNL) is preparing to auction off the disputed land and buildings where the Kuta Paradiso Hotel stands. The preparation caused another problem and prompted Fireworks Ventures Limited to sent a subpoena to the KPKNL asking them to cancel the auction.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted a sting operation on November 18, 2018 and subsequently named several people as graft suspects including the Regent of Pakpak Bharat one Remigo Yolando Berutu. The trials of the suspects began soon after. By the end of April 2019, the Corruption Court at the Medan District Court convicted the briber in the case one Rijal Efendi Padang, the director of PT Tombang Mitra Utama. On July 4, 2019, the Panel of Judges of the same court listened to the Prosecutors demands for Remigo.  

It has been over four years since the public was served with an open dispute between then-President Director of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II (Persero) one Richard Joost “RJ” Lino and the two law enforcement institution over the investigation of cases of alleged corruption in the Company. Since then, the police had completed the investigation and inquisition. The suspects in the case were also convicted. However, things did not go as smoothly with the case under the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)’s investigation. The KPK seemed to have forgotten about the case, although they received pre-trial lawsuit because of the stalled investigation. The past week, however, the KPK began examining several witnesses with knowledge of the case. What does this mean?

In March 2019, the South Jakarta District Court registered a default lawsuit filed against then-presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto. Registered as the plaintiff is one Djohan Teguh Sugianto, a businessman, and at the heart of the dispute is a conditional stock purchase and sale agreement between the two men. The lawsuit was filed less than a month before the 2019 election took place, and because of that, when the news about the lawsuit was made public, allegation emerged that the lawsuit had a political motive. However, the plaintiff, through his legal counsel, dismissed the allegations, and until now, the case examination process is still ongoing. During the hearing held on July 2, 2019, finally Prabowo’s legal counsel was present, and the Panel of Judges asked the parties to resolve the dispute during the mediation stage which will last for the next 30 days.

By the end of February 2019, we learned that Sjamsul Nursalim through his legal counsel filed a civil lawsuit against an auditor of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) and also against the institution of BPK concerning the audit report on the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI). Not long before we learned about the lawsuit, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) told the press that they had started a new inquisition into the BLBI graft case, which usually means that the KPK already has a new suspect, but the KPK remained silent. On May 28, 2019, they finally admitted that they had named Sjamsul as the new suspect in the case. The KPK officially announced they had named Sjamsul and his wife Itjih Nursalim suspects in the case on June 10, 2019. On July 4, 2019, we learned that MAKI had filed an intervention to the lawsuit Sjamsul previously filed against the BPK.

The trial of the graft case involving PT Binasawit Abadi Pratama (BAP) and several members of the Central Kalimantan Regional Representative Council (DPRD) has come to an end. After less than three months of trial, the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court read the verdict for the bribees.

Towards the end of last week, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) carried out a sting operation at several places including the Jakarta High Prosecutors’ Office (Kejati Jakarta) and arrested several people including prosecutors. The KPK named three suspects in the case but decided to “return” two prosecutors arrested during the operation to their institution, stating that the prosecutors were involved in a different case. KPK refused to explain further but by July 3, 2019, the Attorney General’s Office had decided to dismiss the prosecutors from their position.