Eddy Sindoro, Lucas and Obstruction of Justice
Eddy Sindoro surprised everyone at the end of last week by turning himself in to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) via the Police Attache at the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore.
DGIK’s Trial
After over a year of investigation and inquisition, on October 11, 2018 the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court held the first hearing of the trial of PT Duta Graha Indah (DGI) (now PT Nusa Konstruksi Enjiniring Tbk – DGIK). The Company is the first company to stand trial for corruption. The proceedings will thus set the standard for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the law enforcement bodies, and the judicial system in carrying out investigations into allegations of corruption concerning corporations.
Corruption Journal: Johannes Kotjo’s Trial and Malang Graft Case
The Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court continues the trial of conglomerate Johannes Budisutrisno Kotjo—a defendant in the graft case related to the construction of the Riau Power Plant. The latest hearing listened to the accounts of Eni Saragih, who is also a suspect in the case. Eni mentioned the involvement of several other people, including Setya Novanto’s son. Separately, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have officially announced that they had named the Regent of Malang one Rendra Kresna a suspect in two graft cases.
BOLT v. Ministry of Communication and Informatics : New Dispute
The dispute between PT Internux (Lippo Group), operator of BOLT and the Ministry of Communication and Informatics regarding the utilization of the 2,300 MHz frequency (4G) continues. The Ministry is waiting for the decision of the Supreme Court on the cassation petition they had filed, but the dispute between the two parties has grown bigger. Internux filed another lawsuit against the Ministry, this time through the Jakarta State Administrative Court.
Corruption in East Java
For three days straight since October 8, 2018 the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have conducted a search operation in the Malang regency, East Java. The KPK raided dozens of places including the office of several departments and residences of several officials. The KPK, however, has yet to provide an official statement on what’s going on in Malang.
Environmental Law Journal : Witness Protection Program
When the trial of the disgraced Governor of Southeast Sulawesi Nur Alam ended, his team of legal counsels filed a lawsuit against one Basuki Wasis. Basuki was the expert witness who testified on behalf of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Basuki said that based on his research, Nur Alam’s crimes caused environmental damages in addition to State losses. The court accepted the lawsuit against Basuki, and this may have given PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa (JJP) the idea to file a similar lawsuit against Prof Bambang Hero Saharjo. JJP was accused of causing forest fires in 2013. It was recently deemed guilty on the stage of cassation. JJP blames Bambang for the verdict so that they decided to sue him on September 17, 2018—less than two weeks after the Supreme Court gave their decision. Responding to the lawsuits, the Ministry of Environment and forestry has begun to draft a Ministerial Regulation on Witness Protection Program.
Law Journal: Allianz Life’s Dispute, and Irwandi Yusuf’s Pre-Trial
It has been a while since we last heard of a case involving PT Asuransi Allianz Life Indonesia. Apparently on the last day of August 2018, the Company had filed a tort lawsuit against Asosiasi Asuransi Jiwa Indonesia (Indonesian Life Insurance Association). Separately, the disgraced Governor of Aceh Irwandi Yusuf, who was recently named a suspect in a second graft case, filed a pre-trial lawsuit against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
On Gunawan Jusuf’s Pre-Trial
We previously reported that Gunawan Jusuf and several parties had filed a pre-trial lawsuit at the South Jakarta District Court against the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim). The lawsuit concerns the prolonged dispute between Gunawan’s Makindo group and businessman Toh Keng Siong. Gunawan decided to revoke that lawsuit, only to file another similar lawsuit several days later. But then again, on October 8, 2018, Gunawan decided to revoke the said lawsuit. These series of revocation made Toh Keng Siong’s legal counsel lodge a complaint to the Judicial Commission.
More on the Corruption in Aceh
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named the Governor of Aceh Irwandi Yusuf and three other individuals suspects of bribery in July 2018. And now, three months later, the KPK again named Irwandi a suspect in a separate graft case.
KPK and Borrowed Investigators
The public have indirectly witnessed the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)’s internal issues for the past few years. We have repeatedly reported on the latest and the strangest cases, one of which concerns two investigators allegedly tampering with evidence. What caught our attention since the incident is how the KPK leaders gave contradicting statements. Over a year after the incident, IndonesiaLeaks, a group of journalists aiming to make room for public informants to share their information, published an investigative article on what supposedly happened in the KPK with the evidence tampering scandal.