On Ahok’s Judicial Review
The incumbent Governor of Jakarta Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama filed a request for a Judicial Review of Law No. 10/2016 on the amendment of the Law on Regional Elections to the Constitutional Court since August 2016. The petition focuses on questioning the constitutionality of the Law that requires the incumbent to take a temporary leave from office during campaign period. But despite having months of hearings, the Constitutional Court (MK) have not yet concluded on their examination. Some are wondering what’s taking the MK so long in deciding on the matter.
Perma No. 13/2016 on Corporate Crime
The Supreme Court finally published the long-awaited Regulation of the Supreme Court (Perma) to handle criminal offences committed by corporations. Perma No. 13/2016 specifically mentions that corporations can be a place to hide wealth that are proceeds of crime and thus left untouched by the law due to the legal vacuum on the issue. Indeed, the procedures and inspection guidelines against corporation as a criminal entity were not clearly regulated. And so the Supreme Court takes the role as the judicial power to fill the legal vacuum and provide guidelines for law enforcement officers in the handling of criminal cases committed by a corporations.
A Look Back on KPK’s Sting Operations (Part III)
Closer to the end of 2016, the KPK conducted five more sting operations (OTTs) and ensnared, among others, two regional leaders of two different municipalities in Central Java. Below are the summary of the KPK’s last five OTT of 2016.
A Look Back on KPK’s Sting Operations (Part II)
Throughout 2016, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted dozens of Sting Operations (OTT) and expanded their investigations to more than 20 cases of corruption. Over 100 suspects comprised of State Officials, businessmen, and other parties were named. We summarized six OTT in the first article. In this second part, we summarize the 7th to the 12th OTT.
A Look Back on KPK’s Sting Operations (Part I)
The year 2016 was a rather prolific year for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Even on to the last days of 2016, the KPK were still running their Sting Operation (OTT) in Klaten, Central Java. The Klaten OTT was the 14th OTT the KPK conducted in 2016. What are the cases that the KPK unraveled last year?
Corruption in Klaten
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ended the year 2016 with a Sting Operation (OTT). The OTT was conducted in the morning of December 30, 2016 in Klaten, Central Java. The target of the operation was the Regent of Klaten Sri Hartini (PDI-P) and 7 other individuals. On December 31, 2016, the KPK named Hartini as a suspect of abuse of power and corruption. The KPK believe that the case is connected to the Government Regulation (PP) that grants regional government the authority for form their own form of career pattern.
Bumigas Energi v. Geo Dipa Energi: The Trial Begins
The dispute between a private energy company PT Bumigas Energi and the state-owned energy company PT Geo Dipa Energi (Persero) that has been going on for more than a decade continues. What started as a dispute in civil law has evolved into a criminal case following the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim Polri) decision to name Geo Dipa’s former Managing Director Samsudin Warsa as a fraud suspect in late 2014. The docket on the criminal case was finally escalated to the stage of prosecution and registered at the South Jakarta District Court. On December 28, 2016, the court held its first hearing against on the trial of Samsudin.
The End for Sanusi?
Yesterday (Dec. 29), the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court read their verdict on the trial of the former member of the Jakarta Regional Representatives Council (DPRD Jakarta) Mohamad Sanusi. The Panel of Judges found Sanusi guilty of receiving bribes. But the verdict still leaves plenty of questions unanswered. Will the investigation into this bribery case continue now that all suspects have been convicted? Will the verdict affect the ongoing process of reclamation in the Jakarta bay?
The Trial of Amran Mustary
Nearly a year has passed since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) began investigating the allegations of graft in the procurement of the Trans-Seram road project. Aside from bringing down the House Commission V of the House of Representatives Damayanti Wisnu Putranti (PDI-P), the case also brought down another alleged recipient of bribe Amran Mustary. Amran allegedly received the biggest amount of bribe. He was named a suspect in April 2016. Amran later revealed to the authorities that he did not take the bribe money for himself. His case file was brought for trial, and in the first hearing held on December 28, 2016, new facts in Amran’s indictment were presented to the Panel of Judges of the Corruption Court of Central Jakarta District Court.
Updates on Damayanti’s Case: Potential Suspects
The investigation into the case of corruption related to the Trans-Seram road project has been running since the beginning of 2016. Since then, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have named 8 suspects, 3 of them were members of the House Commission V of the House of Representatives , including Damayanti Wisnu Putranti of PDIP. Several of the suspects have been convicted, but there are names mentioned at the trials that are still untouched. The KPK has not indicated that they’re near the end of their investigation into this graft case. If anything, the KPK recently intensified their investigation by looking into other potential suspects.