Last week the Jakarta State Administrative Court registered a lawsuit filed by PT Satya Kisma Usaha against the Minister of Environment and Forestry. At the heart of the lawsuit is the Company’s proposal on the exchange of forest land. The lawsuit is interesting, but what’s more interesting is the Company’s profile as we barely heard of the name. The Company is a subsidiary of PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Tbk (SMAR).

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) once again carried out a sting operation on June 28, 2019. This time the operation attracted much attention because it was conducted at the Jakarta High Prosecutors’ Office (Kejati Jakarta). After the series of arrests, we took note of how the Attorney General’s Office and the politicians responded to the operation.

The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim Polri) recently announced that they had detained the former President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Nur Pamudji, who is a suspect of corruption related to the procurement of High-Speed ​​Diesel (HSD) fuel supplied by PT Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI).

The trial of the first two defendants in the case of bribery involving Romahurmuziy (Rommy), the chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) continues. So far we already know that the case also implicate the Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, who is also a PPP politician. The hearings had revealed more than what the Prosecutors mentioned in the indictment, but the latest hearing is the most interesting because several witnesses attended the hearing including the Minister.

The trial of the briber in the case of bribery involving one Bowo Sidik Pangarso (Golkar), a member of the House Commission VI of the House of Representatives and PT Humpuss Transportasi Kimia, began last week. The indictment revealed many things, and the investigation continues. For the past week, we noticed that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had started to develop the investigation.

It is still fresh in our memories of what happened a few years ago when the Supreme Court decided to reduce the punishment given for the then President Director of Sentul City Kwee Cahyadi Kumala a.k.a. Swie Teng from five years in prison to two years and six months in prison after his plea for Reconsideration (PK) was accepted. Swie Teng was found guilty of involvement in the corrupt conversion of forest area implicating the former Regent of Bogor Rachmat Yasin. Rachmat recently completed his sentence and was released from prison, but less than two months after his release, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that they had begun a new investigation as a result of development from the previous investigation and had named Rachmat a suspect in two different cases. Since the announcement, it was reported that Rachmat is nowhere to be found.

It’s been a while since the last time we visited the case of PT Antaboga Delta Sekuritas. The Company was an investment company owned by Bank Century’s Robert Tantular, who was deemed responsible for the material losses experienced by its customers back in 2011. The last time we reported on the progress of the case was two years ago when the Surakarta District Court decided to execute the legally binding verdict, but it is just too late. Bank Century was ordered to compensate for the damages and Bank J Trust Indonesia, the current name of Bank Mutiara, which is the precursor of Bank Century, refuses to do so. You might remember that a year before the district court decided to execute the verdict, the law enforcer finally arrested Hartawan Aluwi. Hartawan was found guilty in the case for allegedly helping Robert in committing the crime. Hartawan decided to file for a Reconsideration recently, and the Supreme Court had registered his petition.

The dispute between PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) (KAI) and PT Duta Anggada Realty Tbk (DART), a property company controlled by Angkosubroto’s family, over the ownership of a plot of land in Kampung Bandan had begun since last year. The KAI decided to bring the dispute to court only to find out that the Panel of Judges of the North Jakarta District Court declare their lawsuit cannot be accepted. The State-Owned Company decided to file an appeal, and so does DART. The examination process continues to this day.

The allegations of cartel practices related to soaring ticket rates and cargo transportation in the national aviation industry have emerged since the end of 2018, and until now the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) continued to try to examine these allegations. A few months ago, the KPPU stated that they had escalated the status of research on the report of the allegations to an official investigation. At this stage, the investigators should gather the evidence needed to continue the investigation to the examination stage. However, this process is not easy because the KPPU considers the parties involved in this allegation, namely Garuda Indonesia and Sriwijaya Air, to be uncooperative. Recently, KPPU even threatened to report this matter to the police if the parties were still absent from the investigation process.