KPU Fights Back
In September 2018, the Supreme Court granted the judicial review petition filed by a politician seeking to make sure that ex-graft convicts like himself would not be banned from becoming a lawmaker candidate. It’s a shock for the General Election Commission (KPU) who had come up with the ban idea. That said, the KPU handled the development calmly. On November 7, 2018, with the advice of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the KPU announced that they would publish the names of ex-graft-convicts participating in the 2019 election as lawmaker candidates.
Latest on Mojokerto Graft Case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested the Regent of Mojokerto Mustafa Kamal Pasha in April 2018. The KPK then named two other people as suspects. The case is related to bribery in the process of granting a license to build base transceiver station (BTS) in the Regency back in 2015. Mustafa was also named a suspect for allegedly receiving grafts. Six months later, on November 7, 2018, the KPK decided to detain the suspects and announced that they had named three other suspects in the case. Mustafa, on the other hand, has been on trial since September.
The Latest on the E-KTP Graft Case: Demands for Ivan and Made Oka
After three months of trial, the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court finally listened to the demands of the prosecutors for Irvanto Hendra “Ivan” Pambudi Cahyo and Made Oka Masagung on November 6, 2018. The two men are the latest defendants in the electronic identity card (E-KTP) procurement graft case.
On Lippo Group’s Case: Indictment for Lucas
Eddy Sindoro surprised everyone on the second week of October 2018 when he decided to surrender to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) via the Police Attache at the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore. Over a week before he surrendered, the KPK already named his legal counsel one Lucas as a suspect in the case of obstruction of justice. Interesting to see how unlike the handling of other suspects who were charged with alleged obstruction of justice, the docket of Lucas case was completed in less than two months. The first hearing of the trial with the agenda of reading the indictment for Lucas was held on November 7, 2018.
Chasing Nurhadi
Nurhadi Abdurrahman, the man we almost forgot, answered the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)’s summon in the morning of November 6, 2018. He was examined in his capacity as a witness in the case of bribery implicating Lippo Group and Eddy Sindoro. The KPK also sent a summon to his wife one Tin Zuraida, who is now an expert staff at the Ministry of State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform.
Lion Air and its Problems
The investigation into the tragedy of Lion Air flight JT-610 (registration code PK-LQP) that crashed into the Tanjung Karawang sea on October 29, 2018, is ongoing. The Government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Transportation also had given several sanctions to the officials supposedly responsible in the case. But since its incorporation in 1999, the airline had been involved in over 30 accidents. The latest accident in Tanjung Karawang is the deadliest, with every passengers and crew on board were presumed dead. Who must be held responsible?
Law Journal: Merpati Airlines’ PKPU and New Lawsuit against Meikarta
The Panel of Judges of the Commercial Court at the Surabaya District Court decided to postpone the last hearing in the PKPU process of PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines to November 7, 2018, stating that they need more time to study the reports submitted by the team of administrators and the supervisory judges. As we all know, the Panel of Judges must decide Merpati’s fate after the Ministry of Finance—the separatist creditor with the largest receivables in the category— chose to reject the airlines’ peace proposal. Separately, the Central Jakarta District Court recently registered a new lawsuit filed against PT Mahkota Sentosa Utama, the developer of Meikarta township project. This lawsuit added to the problems faced not only by the project but also by the Lippo group.
Berca Hardayaperkasa v Lumbung Padi Indonesia
Last week the Central Jakarta District Court registered a lawsuit on Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) filed by PT Berca Hardayaperkasa against PT Lumbung Padi Indonesia. The court’s registry does not provide any details, but the lawsuit is interesting considering the names behind the disputing parties.
Corruption Journal
The Corruption Court of the Semarang District Court recently read their verdict for the Nababan father-son duo who were caught by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) after bribing the disgraced Regent of Purbalingga one Tasdi. The only thing left is the verdict for Tasdi. Separately, the KPK recently seized dozens of assets belonging to the disgraced Regent of South Lampung Zainudin Hasan, who is also the brother of PAN Chairman Zulkifli Hasan. Zainudin was named a suspect in a case of money laundering. The KPK believe that the proceeds of his crimes were used to fund PAN. Meanwhile, the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court continues the trial of Johannes Kotjo, who is now a defendant in the case of corruption related to the Riau power plant project. Setya Novanto, who attended the latest hearing as a witness, gave a different statement if compared to the statements given by the other parties in the trial.
The AGO Investigation
The Attorney General’s Office announced on September 2, 2017, that they had expedited the docket on behalf of one “JJ”, who is a former official of the Directorate General of Taxation. The person was named a graft suspect on May 4, 2017 for allegedly receiving over Rp14 billion in grafts. A year after the announcement, the AGO announced that they had named two companies as corporate suspects in the case, one of which is a company affiliated to the Sinar Mas Group.