The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) punished the oil and gas contractor Husky-CNOOC Madura Limited (HCML, operates in the Madura Straits) and PT China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) Indo with fines after both have been found guilty rigging the bid for drilling equipment. The verdict was read on November 14, 2016 and officiated in the Decision on Case No. 03/KPPU-L/2016.

The debt dispute between PT Grahalintas Properti against one of its creditors PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk (BNGA) continues even though the time limit given by the law for the period of Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) is nearly passed. In the last hearing held on November 14, 2016 the Panel of Judges of the Commercial Court of the Central Jakarta District Court accepted the Company’s request for time extension. This will be Grahalintas’ last chance to resolve the dispute peacefully.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has again named the Regent of Sabu Raijua in East Nusa Tenggara Marthen Dira Tome as a suspect in the corruption of education funds. Marthen previously filed for a pre-trial, and his petition was accepted by the court in May 2016. Many then predicted that Marthen would go through what the former Mayor of Makassar Ilham Arief Sirajuddin went through—the KPK again named him as a suspect. That said, the KPK do not immediately rename all “former suspects” as a suspect. The former Director General of Taxation Hadi Poernomo, for example, was not renamed as a suspect after he won his pretrial.

PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI) has escaped bankruptcy. The Company was able to end their period of Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) peacefully. On November 9, 2016 the Company’s creditors agreed to the peace proposal offered, after which the agreement should be ratified by the Panel of Judges on November 28, 2016.

Those who allegedly received bribes related to the Trans-Seram road project in the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (Kemen-PUPR) are receiving their punishment one person at a time. This bribery case has brought down the member of the House Commission V of the House of Representatives Damayanti Wisnu Putranti (PDI-P). On November 10, 2016, it was Budi Supriyanto’s turn to receive his sentence.

It took the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) less than 2 months to finish the docket for the suspects of the case of alleged bribery in the distribution of West Sumatera’s additional sugar quota; the case that brought down the former Chairman of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) Irman Gusman. On November 8, 2016, the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court held the first hearings against the three suspects.

The trial of an alleged perpetrator of the 2015 forest fires, PT Waringin Agro Jaya (WAJ), continues. At the hearing held on November 8, 2016, WAJ’s legal counsel rejected the allegations made by Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Kemen-LHK).

After only four months of investigation and two months of proceedings, the prosecutors read their demands in the trial of Yogan Askan, a suspect in the case of alleged corruption that brought down the former member of the House Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) I Putu Sudiartana (Democratic Party). The progress of this prosecution process is considered fast and rare, especially because of the four businessmen who allegedly bribed Putu, Yogan is the only one who has been named a suspect.

The trial of Rohadi, the former Registrar of North Jakarta District Court who was arrested on accounts of bribery, is still ongoing. What started as a small-scale bribery case has turned into a case through which corrupt practices within the judicial body are unveiled. The KPK discovered Rohadi’s fantastic wealth and several names were mentioned during his trial. What’s interesting is that there is a pre-trial lawsuit filed against the KPK related to Rohadi’s suspect status but the lawsuit was filed by Rohadi’s 12-year-old son.

The period of Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) for PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI) is likely to be resolved in peace. The news was received after the administrators team stated that almost 80 percent of the creditors approved of the Company’s peace proposal. If the news is true, then there is a lot to expect from the voting meeting that’s been scheduled for November 9, 2016.