Law Journal
The Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court recently listened to the indictment of the two members of DPRD in Central Lampung, who are suspects of bribery. Several days earlier, the same district court registered a new lawsuit filed by two individuals against PT Duta Pertiwi Tbk (DUTI).
Problems in Bank BTN
PT Surya Artha Nusantara Finance, a company indirectly controlled by PT Astra International Tbk, filed a tort lawsuit last week at the Central Jakarta District Court against PT Bank Tabungan Negara Persero Tbk. In the lawsuit, the financing company demanded compensation of over Rp150 billion. The dispute itself can be traced back to a problem caused by the bank’s employees, which was uncovered in 2015.
The Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway and Lawsuits
The Karawang District Court in West Java began to receive lawsuits related to the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project several months ago. The lawsuits were registered by six big companies who demanded compensation for losses sustained because of the project. In the past two weeks, the district court has held the last hearings of the trials.
Constitutional Court Partially Granted the Judicial Review on the MD3 Law
In February 2018, the House of Representatives enacted the amendment to the Law No. 17/2014 on MPR, DPR, DPD, and DPRD (MD3 Law). The amendment quickly became a subject of opposition, particularly because of the addition of controversial articles. Three days after the enactment, the said controversial articles were questioned by way of Judicial Review at the Constitutional Court. After that, the Court received several other similar Judicial Review petitions. On June 28, 2018, the court finally read their decision and decided to partially grant the first petition.
Law Journal: Demands for Anang Sugiana and Fredrich Yunadi’s Verdict
On June 28, 2018, the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court held two separate hearings related to the E-KTP graft case. The first hearing was for the trial of the former President Director of PT Quadra Solution Anang Sugiana Sudihardjo. The second hearing was for the trial of Fredrich Yunadi, Setya Novanto’s former legal counsel. Anang was calm throughout the trial. Fredrich, on the other hand, still refused to acknowledge the content of his indictment. He even went as far as threatening the Panel of Judges.
More on the Plan to Ban Former Graft Convicts from Running in Legislative Elections
The debate on the plan to ban ex-graft-convicts from participating in legislative election continues. The Ministry of Law and Human Rights refused to promulgate the regulation drafted by the General Election Commission (KPU) stating that they did not want to violate the law. This led to more debates on the Ministry’s authority. But the KPU gained support from plenty of parties. Recently, we learned that the Ministry had actually promulgated a regulation with a similar provision back in April 2018, but related to individual participants of the legislative election for Regional Representative Council (DPD).
Sunrise Industries v OKI Pulp and Paper Mills
PT OKI Pulp & Paper Mills (OKI), a susidiary of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) controlled by the Sinar Mas Group, have been in dispute with India-based Sunrise Industries Ltd since 2016. OKI alleged Sunrise of breach of a Supply Contract. Sunrise tried to prove their innocence by filing lawsuits to the court in India and then Singapore—in accordance with the agreement in the disputed contract. Last week, the High Court of Singapore decided in favor of OKI.
Update on the PKPU for Meikarta
The trial of the Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) filed against PT Mahkota Sentosa Utama (MSU), the developer of Meikarta township project, continues. The Company’s representatives provided more details on the dispute and informed that they had filed a police report
Corruption in PT Dok dan Perkapalan Surabaya (Persero): The Trial
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) began investigating allegations of corruption involving PT Dok dan Perkapalan Surabaya (Persero) in October last year. After over six months of inquisitions, the trial of the defendants began on June 25, 2018.
Corruption Journal
After the long Eid holidays, the courts have returned to its normal working schedule. To start the week, on June 25, 2018, the Central Jakarta District Court continued the trial of the former Regent of Kutai Kartanegara (Kukar) Rita Widyasari and the trial of the Reconsideration petition submitted by former Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali.