The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has reportedly arrested Aditya Anugrah Moha, lawmaker from Golkar Party in the House Commission XI (overseeing banking, insurance, among others), in a sting operation alongside Sudiwardono, chief justice at North Sulawesi High Court.

Muhammad Santoso, the former Registrar of the Central Jakarta District Court who was caught in a Sting Operation last year, was found guilty of receiving bribes. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), however, was not happy with the verdict that they filed for an appeal. The effort goes on to the stage of cassation where the Supreme Court aggravated Santoso’s sentences.

PT Inovisi Infracom Tbk (INVS), whose business include ICT and coal mining, has been suspended from trading in the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for several years. The Company last updated their financial report back in 2014. On September 22, 2017, the IDX finally announced that INVS would be delisted. In response, INVS made several announcements and information disclosure on the Company’s situation and filed for objection on the delisting on October 3, 2017.

PT Intan Baruprana Finance Tbk (IBFN), a Jakarta-based finance company, is facing a lawsuit for Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) filed by one of its creditors. There is no detailed information on the reasons for the lawsuit or the dispute, but IBFN conveyed in the disclosure of information on the Indonesia Stock Exchange that this lawsuit has not affected the Company’s operations.

On October 2, 2017, several national media outlets reported that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had conducted a Sting Operation in North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi. The KPK said that their investigators were on a field duty. In the evening of October 3, 2017, the KPK announced that they had named the former Regent of North Konawe Aswad Sulaiman a suspect on two cases of alleged corruption related to mining licenses in the regency. The case reminds us of a similar case that ensnared the now disgraced Governor of Southeast Sulawesi Nur Alam.

PT Geo Cepu Indonesia (Geo Cepu), the partner of PT Pertamina EP, has been bankrupt since the last week of August 2017. The bankruptcy is a result of a lawsuit to cancel the peace agreement regarding debts disputes filed by one of the Company’s creditor PT Garda Satria Indonesia. Pertamina has also terminated the cooperation contract with the Company. But because the Company is only an operator in Cepu Block, the Company does not have enough assets to repay its debts. What will happen now?

As many as 50 tonnes of Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) spilled into the Bayur Bay waters in Padang, West Sumatera, on September 28, 2017. The spill was caused by a leak on the oil tank of PT Wira Inno Mas (Musim Mas Group). Some parties have already asked Wira Inno to take responsibility for the potential environmental damage. On October 1, 2017, the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) sounded their position in the case through a press release, and on October 2, 2017, the Company, through the Musim Mas Group official website, said that they had cleared the affected area together with the local apparatus and stated that the situation was well under control.

On September 29, 2017, the sole presiding judge who examined the pre-trial lawsuit filed by Setya Novanto ruled in favor of Setya Novanto and subsequently declared unlawful the process by which Novanto was named a graft suspect. The judge also ordered the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to stop their investigation into Novanto. This is not the KPK’s first defeat, which makes us wonder whether suspicion should be placed entirely on the pretrial process, or whether the KPK also played a role in this crushing defeat.