The Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court held the latest hearing of the trial of the alleged bribers in the case of corruption involving the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI). The Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi attended the hearing as a witness. Separately, after arresting Bowo Sidik Pangarso (Golkar), member of the House Commission VI of the House of Representatives, the KPK raided several places including the office and the residence of the Minister of Trade Enggartiasto Lukito (Nasdem). The KPK secured a number of documents, but not related to the main case which triggered the operation. At around the same time, the KPK continued investigating the case which ensnared the Chairman of PPP Romahurmuziy (Rommy) and summoned several witnesses to be examined including the Minister of Religious Affairs.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) recently conducted their latest sting operation and arrested several individuals including the Regent of Talaud Islands in North Sulawesi. The operation was conducted discreetly.

Last week, we reported that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) faced a new pre-trial lawsuit filed by the conglomerate Surya Darmadi, the owner of Duta Palma Group whose name was mentioned repeatedly for allegedly providing bribes in the case of bribery related to the conversion of forest land that had ensnared the disgraced Governor of Riau Annas Maamun. Surya had since filed a pre-trial lawsuit questioning the KPK’s decision to name him a suspect. It’s an interesting development given that the KPK had not announced anything. On the evening of April 29, 2019, the KPK finally announced that they were still investigating the aforementioned case, through the development of which they named Surya the new suspect in the case. Not only that, the KPK also named a new corporate suspect.

In April 2017, Dahlan Iskan was found guilty of abusing his power in the release of assets of PT Panca Wira Usaha, a company owned by the East Java Provincial Government. Dahlan immediately filed for an appeal, and the Panel of Appeals granted the application....

It has been almost a year since we’re exposed to the dispute in PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk (AISA), but the problems in the Company have grown more complex. Two subsidiaries of PT Golden Plantation Tbk (GOLL), PT Bumiraya Investindo and PT Airlangga Sawit Jaya, are tangled by debts and both companies entered their period of Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) in March 2019. Recently, the Panel of Judges granted the companies’ request for additional time and the PKPU period was thus extended for 60 days.

PT Sunprima Nusantara Pembiayaan (SNP Finance) was bankrupt per October 2018, but as we all know, besides its debts dispute, the Company is also subject to police investigation for allegedly embezzling the credit facilities it received from 14 banks. The investigation is still ongoing and the case has caused collateral damages, including new lawsuits implicating other parties and the recent event when the public accounting firm (KAP) Satrio Bing Eny & Partners (part of Deloitte Indonesia) received sanction from the Financial Service Authority (OJK) in the form of cancellation of the firm’s registration. In the middle of the chaos, the process of insolvency of the primary case is stalled. The team of curators of the bankruptcy process apparently have not finished their duty to verify the creditors’ bills.

Last week the Corruption Court at the Tanjungkarang District Court read their verdict for the disgraced Regent of South Lampung one Zainudin Hasan. Zainudin was found guilty of corruption and money laundering. He was handed a heavier punishment compared to other graft convicts. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), however, were disappointed by the fact that the Panel of Judges did not mention the names of those they believed had played key roles in the case. 

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) recently announced that they had named two new suspects in the Budget Mafia case. A few days after the announcement, the investigators raided the residence and the office of the Mayor of Dumai. The Mayor's name was mentioned...

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. The recent hearing reported by the press was held by the Central Jakarta District Court to examine the lawsuit filed by Tomy Winata.

Back in February 2019, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that they named two new suspects in the development of investigation into the Budget Mafia case which they uncovered last year. The new suspects including the Acting Head of Public Work Department of the regency of Arfak Mountains in West Papua. Now two months after the announcement, the KPK revealed that they have named yet another suspect in the case, he is the Mayor of Tasikmalaya one Budi Budiman. This is not surprising actually given that the previous trials already revealed a lot. But note that there are dozens of municipalities allegedly involved in the case, so we expect to hear more names mentioned by the KPK as suspects in the case.