Law & Politics: Anas Urbaningrum’s Reconsideration and the BLBI Graft Case
The trial of Anas Urbaningrum’s Reconsideration has entered the last hearing. The hearing becomes more interesting with Anas’ antics. Anas is former chairman of Democratic Party established by Indonesia’s sixth president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Meanwhile, the same court continued the trial of Syafruddin “Syaf” Arsyad Temenggung, the former chairman of the Indonesia’s Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN), who is a suspect in the BLBI graft case. Balancing acts ahead of next year’s legislative and presidential election.
Corruption Investigation in South Sumatera & The Politics
The South Jakarta District Court recently rejected another pre-trial petition filed by Boyamin Saiman’s MAKI (an NGO claiming itself an anti-corruption fighter). This time, MAKI filed the pre-trial againts the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), which is suspected for terminating the investigation and inquisition into the case of corruption in South Sumatera. MAKI insisted that the suspicion was based on the fact that the last time the AGO announced they had entered a new inquisition stage was back in 2017 and since then the institution reported no progress. The case in question is the alleged involvement of Alex Noerdin, governor of South Sumatra province, who is also leader of Golkar Party. Until today, the court had convicted two person but leaves so many questions.
On Petroselat’s Insolvency: Kim Johannes Mulia
Petroselat Ltd, the subsidiary of PT Sugih Energy Tbk (SUGI) was declared bankrupt on July 5, 2017. Since then, there have been several reports on the Company’s effort to find investors to continue their project in the Selat Panjang block. However, until today, nothing happened yet. Recently, the team of curators gave statement regarding changes in the amount of debts to be paid and the continuity of the project in Selat Panjang. The problem is, the Government wishes to terminate their contract, but Petroselat have no solid assets and if the contract with the Government is terminated, the creditors will get nothing.
Latest on PT KAI v. Duta Anggada Realty
The dispute between PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) (KAI) and PT Duta Anggada Realty Tbk (DART), a property company controlled by Angkosubroto’s family, continues. The trial of the lawsuit filed by KAI had entered the mediation stage, however, the representatives of KAI never attended the trial. The situation makes the representatives of DART questioned KAI’s seriousness.
Latest on the Normalization of Ciliwung River
In 2016 representatives of the community and occupants in Bukit Duri, South Jakarta filed a class action lawsuit against 11 elements in the Government in relation to the evictions conducted by Jakarta provincial government in order to continue the Ciliwung river normalization project. In October 2017, the lawsuit was granted by the Central Jakarta District Court. However, the Ciliwung Cisadane River Basin Main Station (BBWSCC) decided to appeal simply because they were named as one of the parties responsible to provide compensations for the plaintiffs. Recently, the Jakarta High Court published their verdict and decided to uphold the district court’s verdict. This is a victory for the community and they hoped the government will not file a cassation. But the question now is, can the government pay the compensation as per the community’s demands? Moreover, what is the current status of the normalization project?
SP3 of the Chevron Bioremediation Case
The Attorney General’s Office oddly announced that they had terminated the investigation into the Chevron Bioremediation case after the Supreme Court read their verdict for the Reconsideration petition filed by one of the convict. But what’s odd about the announcement? Well, because a week ago Attorney General HM Prasetyo (politician from NasDem Party) still gave statement to the press that his institution will not stop chasing one specific fugitive.
Verdict for Mustafa
On the evening of July 23, 2018, the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court read the verdict for the disgraced Regent of Central Lampung one Mustafa, who stand trial for bribing members of the region’s councilors (DPRD). One other suspect had been convicted earlier this month and the trial of the remaining two suspects is ongoing.
New PKPU Lawsuit against AISA
Two weeks ago, two of Sinarmas Group’s subsidiary filed a lawsuit for Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) against PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk (AISA). But in the initial hearing, the plaintiffs’ legal counsel submitted request to revoke the lawsuit without stating the reason. Apparently, on the same day, another PKPU lawsuit was filed against AISA. This time, besides Sinarmas’ subsidiary, there are two other plaintiffs.
Law Journal: The Pari Island Disputes, Jero Wacik’s Reconsideration
The dispute related to land ownership on Pari Island is far from over. Earlier this month, the Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan decided to dismiss the Regent of the Seribu Islands, which many connecting with the ongoing dispute. But in addition to that, the North Jakarta District Court has started the trial of one Sulaiman – the head of village in the island who was named suspect of property encroachment as a result of police report filed by the Adijanto family, who claimed to be the rightful owner of almost 90 percent of total area of the island. Separately, the Central Jakarta District Court began the trial for Reconsideration petition filed by Jero Wack – former Minister of Tourism and minister of energy & mineral resources. Apparently, Jero Wacik decided to follow the steps of his fellow cabinet member, i.e., Suryadharma Ali and Siti Fadilah Supari, and challenged the court decisions that declare him guilty of corruption.
Update on Sebuku Group v. MSAM
This is one of the most interesting cases in modern Indonesia, involving people with high-profile connections in the military, police, and the government at both national and local level. As we previously reported, in January 2018, the Governor of South Kalimantan one Sahbirin Noor decided to revoke the mining business permit (IUP) of three companies: PT Sebuku Batubai Coal, PT Sebuku Tanjung Coal, and PT Sebuku Sejaka Coal, all are subsidiaries of Sebuku Group. Nearly a month later, the companies, represented by Yusril Ihza Mahendra, questioned the decision at the Banjarmasin State Administrative Court (PTUN Banjarmasin).