The investigation into the case of alleged corruption related to the tin trading system carried out in the Mining Business License (IUP) area owned by PT Timah Tbk (TINS) is getting even more interesting. This week, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) named an official of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources as a new suspect in the case. The institution also named six suspects as suspects in the new case of alleged money laundering. By now, the criminal scheme had ensnared 22 suspects in three different cases.

We all know how during the COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Social Affairs, which is supposed to guarantee the welfare of the people, was instead involved in a whirlpool of corruption. After previously the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) succeeded in ensnaring the Minister of Social Affairs, Juliari Batubara (PDIP) for actively involved in the crime, the KPK has uncovered another similar corruption scheme. Trial of the defendants continues far from media coverage. This week, the prosecutors had read their demands.

In the beginning of this year, the new set of leaders of the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) for the 2023 – 2028 term of office has started working. The commission published their initiative to achieve their work targets which consisted of three main sectors, namely energy (oil and gas), digital markets, and food security. In terms of digital markets, as we all know, prior to the appointment of the new leaders, the KPPU has started an investigation into Google. Then, the new leaders announced that it had completed an investigation into Shopee. This week the trial of the company started.

In its commitment to fulfill work priority promise regarding business behavior in the digital market, apart from continuing its examination on Shopee, the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) is also conducting examination of other service providers. This week the KPPU announced its latest investigation into alleged violations related to PT Ecart Webportal Indonesia, the company that operates Lazada Indonesia.

Last year, the disgraced Supreme Court Justice, Justice Gazalba Saleh, who was supposedly involved in the allegation of case brokers that rocked the Supreme Court, was acquitted by the Panel of Judges of the notorious Corruption Court at the Bandung District Court. There was nothing surprising because this is not the first time this court has acquitted a graft defendant. KPK tried to appeal, but the Supreme Court, unsurprisingly, decided in favor of the previous court decision. Gazalba Saleh is free once again, but not for long. KPK put Saleh back several months later in another case of allegedly receiving grafts and committing money laundering. The trial started earlier this month. However, to everyone’s surprise, this week the Panel of Judges consider that the KPK have no authority to prosecute Saleh and therefore Saleh must be acquitted, again. What a mess.

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) is investigating allegations of conspiracy in the process of procurement of goods and services at the National Research and Innovation Agency (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional – BRIN). In the process, KPPU examined two parties from BRIN and two companies. The trial for the preliminary examination started recently.

The investigation into the case of alleged corruption related to the tin trading system carried out in the Mining Business License (IUP) area owned by PT Timah Tbk (TINS) is getting heated. We know that by now there are already 21 suspects in two different cases including high profile names, but the tension is not only limited to the parties. Towards the end of last week several accounts on social media reported an attempt by a police convoy to enter the building of the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). What is interesting, however, is not the convoy, but the allegation that the Solicitor General for Specific Crimes (Jampidsus), who is tasked with handling the cases of mega corruption, was terrorized and followed by a number of parties.

Last week, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that it was investigating allegations of corruption implicating PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGAS or PGN). It turns out, the process has been escalated to the stage of inquisition and there are already suspects, although the KPK has not yet made an official announcement.

The Satuan Tugas Penanganan Hak Tagih Negara Dana Bantuan Likuiditas Bank Indonesia (Satgas BLBI) continues to work in summoning obligors who can be traced. In the meantime, auction of the seized assets also continues.

The trial of the case of corruption involving officials of the Directorate General of Railways at the Ministry of Transportation is still ongoing and we know the case concerns railway projects in several different regions and therefore are examined by different district courts. Throughout the court proceedings, names of other parties allegedly involved in the scandal were mentioned, including high profile figures. Recently, the KPK announced that they had named new suspects including a corporation.