Sandipala Arthaputra v. STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd and others (Part I)
On May 16, 2017, the Singapore High Court published a judgement on the dispute between PT Sandipala Arthaputra—one of the members of the consortium once involved in the the procurement of Indonesia’s electronic identity card (E-KTP)—, STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, and Oxel Systems Pte Ltd. The dispute is related to damages for breach of contract, fraud and deceit, tort, including negligence.
Taxation Journal: Perppu No. 1/2017 (Part II)
The Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) No. 1/2017 was signed by the President on May 8, 2017 and thus promulgated. The Perppu provides the terms regarding Access to Financial Information for Taxation Purposes. We have previously discussed the obligations tax authorities in implementing the Perppu, but the Perppu also provides protection for the authorities.
Taxation Journal: Perppu No. 1/2017 (Part I)
The Government published the new law to regulate Tax Information Exchange Agreement or Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (AEoI). The regulation is the Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) No. 1/2017 regarding Access to Financial Information for Taxation Purposes. What are the important things set out in this Perppu?
Update on the Bakamla Graft Case: Missing Mastermind
The trial of the suspects in the Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) graft scandal continues. Last week, the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court listened to the demands of the public prosecutors for the three of the bribers, i.e., Fahmi Darmawansyah, Muhammad Adami Okta and Hardy Stefanus. The public prosecutors believe the three defendants are guilty of bribing four officials of Bakamla. This week, the three defendants read their plea. However, something is missing: the mastermind of the case.
Jokowi’s Agrarian Reform
All Indonesian presidents after Soeharto talked about the importance of land reform as key component of agrarian reform. In fact, MPR, the highest legislative body in Indonesia, demanded land reform through its decree 16 years ago. National Land Agency (BPN) once claimed that President SBY, who led the country in 2004-2014, succeeded in executing the program, but most believe he did nothing. SBY’s successor Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo looks more aggressive.
Revisiting Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) II
In the previous article we have briefly revisit the background of the case of alleged corruption related to the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI). What interesting is not the fact that KPK had only focused on the involvement of third parties but because there were other more important questions regarding legal irrelevance and irregularities which should be answered.
Revisiting Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) I
On April 24, 2017, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) finally named a suspect in the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) graft case. The suspect is the former Chairman of the Indonesia’s Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN) Syafruddin Arsyad Temenggung, who is also a suspect on another graft caseimplicating PT Victoria Securities International. Since the beginning of the investigation into the case, the KPK had emphasized that their BLBI investigation is different from the investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO).
On the E-KTP Graft Case: Miryam’s Pre-Trial
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) recently began investigatng Miryam S. Haryani, the former member of the House Commission II of the House of Representatives (Hanura), for perjury. But Miryam decided to fight back and filed for a pre-trial. On May 15, 2017, the first hearing of the pre-trial was held.
Constitutional Court’s Decisions, Are They Worth Anything?
As soon as the Governor of Jakarta Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama was deemed guilty of blasphemy on May 9, 2017, the Panel of Judges ordered Ahok’s immediate detention. The Panel of Judges said that according to the provision of Art. 197 paragraph (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a verdict would be considered void if an immediate detention order was not issued. The problem is that the Constitutional Court (MK) once examined the constitutionality of said Article. The verdict, the Article is not constitutional. Did the Panel of Judges miss this, or did they deliberately ignored MK’s ruling?
JICT Workers Union
Just two days after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo wrapped up his official visit to Hong Kong, the workers union of PT Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) began a series of rallies and threatened to perform strikes for a week from May 15, 2017 to May 20, 2017. But later, the threats were retracted and the workers promised to work as usual. What happened?