The government and the House of Representatives have decided to proceed with the passage of the new Criminal Law Procedure Code today (18/11), as scheduled, despite strong opposition from the public. It seems like the legal notice previously issued by the civil society coalition did not rattle them, proving that meaningful public participation was not as normalized as they claimed it to be.

Abdul Wahid, the Governor of Riau, one of the resource-rich provinces in the country, was arrested in the KPK sting operation on Monday (3/11) alongside nine other suspects. There is currently not much accessible information about the details of his arrest, but it marks the fourth time a Riau Governor has been ensnared in an alleged corruption case.

When the name Najelaa Shihab surfaced amid the ongoing investigation into former education minister Nadiem Makarim’s Chromebook procurement case, the public reaction was instantaneous. Her reputation as one of Indonesia’s most respected education reformers—alongside her sister, journalist Najwa Shihab, and their father, scholar Quraish Shihab—has long symbolized intellectual integrity and civic commitment. The mention of her name in a corruption context, even peripherally, exposes the uneasy intersection between idealism, proximity to power, and public perception.

A riot broke out in Chrey Thum, Cambodia last week (17/10) as 110 Indonesian citizens attempted to escape from the online scam company they worked for. Footage of the riot went viral on the internet, receiving mixed public response. Meanwhile, the Indonesian Embassy in Phnom Penh and the Ministry of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (KP2MI) are reportedly working with local authorities to handle the case, which has happened all too often in recent years.

The pretrial motion filed by Delpedro Marhaen, Executive Director of the Lokataru Foundation, may appear at first to be a technical legal step—an attempt to contest the validity of his arrest. In reality, it is far more than that. It is a confrontation between the ideals of constitutional rights and the machinery of state repression.

The South Jakarta District Court has rejected a pretrial motion filed by former Minister of Education and Culture, Nadiem Makarim, upholding his status as suspect in the alleged Chromebook procurement corruption. The judge said the entire investigation process had been carried out accordingly, while Nadiem, co-founder of Gojek (GOTO), maintained innocence and emphasized that this ruling, which was read on Monday (13/10), didn’t automatically prove him guilty of the crime.

Fahmi Mochtar, president director of state electricity utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) in the period of 2008-2009, and Halim Kalla, younger brother of former vice president Jusuf Kalla (2004-2009 and 2014-2019), suspects in corruption case with alleged State loss of around Rp1.3 trillion.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Hendi Prio Santoso, former president director of state gas transmission and distribution company PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGAS) or PGN, a suspect in corruption case. This is a surprise because Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has also launched investigation into alleged corruption in acquisition of some oil and gas blocks during Hendi’s term.

The recent verdicts in the Kominfo online gambling (judol) case should have closed one of Indonesia’s most controversial scandals in digital governance. Four defendants were convicted for “making accessible electronic information containing gambling.” Zulkarnaen Apriliantony received the heaviest sentence—seven years in prison and a Rp 1 billion fine—while Alwin Jabarti Kiemas and Muhrijan alias Agus were sentenced to five and a half years and Rp 500 million fines each.

Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman, has filed a Rp 200 billion lawsuit against news media company PT Tempo Inti Media Tbk for its past article about spoiled grains, which is said to have impacted negatively on the Ministry of Agriculture’s good reputation and performance. While it is not the first time Tempo is being sued for alleged libel, people are quick to notice oddities in this case.