PT Tirta Fresindo Jaya (TFJ), a manufacturer of Bottled Drinking Water (AMDK) under the Le Minerale brand is involved in a dispute in the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) against two of their rivals: PT Tirta Investama (TI is producer of Aqua) and PT Balina Agung Perkasa (BAP is a distributor of Aqua). The dispute was examined after statements from some sellers that Aqua producers and distributors asked them not to sell the Le Minerale brand. The prohibition was even reportedly accompanied by threats and intimidation that meet the allegation of elements of monopolistic practices and unfair business competition. The trial of this dispute has been ongoing since May 2017.

The investigation into the electronic identity cards (E-KTP) procurement graft case continues. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is now focusing on examining the politicians that are allegedly involved in the case. Since the first week of July 2017, the KPK has been examining several key persons in the case including the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H. Laoly, and several active members of the House of Representatives. The KPK even said that they had conducted a case reconstruction to name a new suspect in the case. The KPK also tried to examine the Speaker of the House of Representatives Setya Novanto (Golkar).

The complicated circumstances surrounding the bankruptcy of PT Megalestari Unggul makes one wonder why the Commercial Court of the Central Jakarta District Court was quick to rule on the Company’s debt dispute with PT Senja Imaji Prisma.

On July 5, 2017, the team of curators responsible in the insolvency process of PT Megalestari Unggul and Paulus Tannos’ family said to the media that they had managed to sell family assets in the form of shares of a company located in West Java. We thought that this meant Paulus Tannos’ family was being cooperative, but that is not the case. Paulus Tannos, Lina Rawung, Catherine Tannos and Pauline Tannos through their team of legal counsels published a statement dated July 8, 2017 in Tempo’s weekend newspaper. On behalf of the family, the legal counsels rebutted the statement of the curators and stated their version of the story. The counsels also warned the curators not to conduct any transaction on the family’s assets.

PT Citra Maharlika Nusantara Corpora Tbk (CPGT) (formerly known as Cipaganti) was declared bankrupt in April 2017. But the team of curators was not handed an easy job because the process of asset inventory had many obstacles. In another bankruptcy process, the team of curators responsible for the insolvency process of PT Megalestari Unggul and Paulus Tannos’ family had managed to sell family assets in the form of shares of a Company located in West Java. The value obtained, however, is not enough to repay the debts.

Two years have passed since the Supreme Court (MA) refused the Reconsideration (PK) plea filed by the former Managing Director of PT Indosat Mega Media (IM2) Indar Atmanto. Indar Atmanto was convicted of graft for causing the state to suffer a Rp1.3 trillion in financial loss in a 3G frequency deal. In October 2015, the Supreme Court rejected his PK plea but news of the continuation of the investigation into the graft case just evaporated. Last month, the NGO Association of Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) led by Boyamin Saimin filed a pre-trial lawsuit at the South Jakarta District Court, demanding the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to continue the investigation on other suspects in the case. MAKI listed the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as co-defendant in the lawsuit. When did the KPK enter the picture?

Andi Zoelkarnaen Mallarangeng (familiarly called by the name Choel), who is being suspected of graft in the development of the Hambalang Sports School (P3SON), was found guilty of all charges. On July 6, 2017, Choel was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment. On the same day, at the same district court, the former Governor of Banten Ratu Atut Chosiyah read her plea in the trial of the case on the Banten province’s procurement of medical equipment for the fiscal year of 2011 and 2013. Ratu Atut said she made an unintentional mistake.

Two of the biggest television companies, PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk (MNCN) belonging to Hary Tanoesoedibjo and PT Surya Citra Media Tbk (SCMA) controlled by the Sariaatmadja family, are still in a dispute over the shareholding in PT Sinemart Indonesia, one of the biggest entertainment and production house companies in the country. The dispute occurred after a court decision states that the sale of shares of PT Sinemart Indonesia to SCMA’s subsidiary, which was conducted in January 2017, was not valid. What’s interesting is that the decision was made in an in absentia trial, and PT Sinemart Indonesia had no knowledge of the trial whatsoever. PT Sinemart Indonesia then filed for a verzet, or a resistance to the verdict.