Updates on Nazaruddin’s Money Laundering Case
The trial of Muhammad Nazaruddin’s alleged money laundering case continues. The Corruption Court in Central Jakarta District Court has held hearings for the testimony of Nazaruddin’s former employee. The hearing revealed a number of tricks used by several State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) to disguise payments to Permai Group, the company of the disgraced ex-Democratic-Party-treasurer.
UU Tapera: Next Steps
In the Plenary Session held on February 23, 2016, the House of Representatives (DPR) agreed to enact the Law on Public Housing Savings (UU Tapera). The Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono represented the President and delivered a speech in the plenary session, highlighting the right of every person to live in physical and spiritual prosperity, hence the need for a family to afford their own home. Now that the Tapera Bill has been enacted into Law (UU Tapera), what process will follow this legislation?
Allegation of Cartel Practices on Imported Cattle and Beef
The trial conducted by the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) to examine allegations of cartel practices involving 32 feedlots is still ongoing. That, the KPPU has been accused of being suspiciously selective in their process. The accusation was made by Rian Hidayat, the legal counsel of the following companies:
PKPU for Merpati
The former employees of PT Merpati Nusantara Airline (Persero) (Merpati) may have to wait longer before they can receive their salary from Merpati. On February 22, 2016, the bankruptcy lawsuit that former Merpati employees against the Company should’ve entered into trial, but it was revealed that Merpati also received another lawsuit on Suspension of Debts Payment (PKPU) from one of its creditors. And so the examination of the PKPU took precedence.
Mangasi Situmeang and the AGO’s Job Rotation System
Mangasi Situmeang, a prosecutor and former head of the Pontianak District Attorneys’ Office, won the lawsuit he filed against the Attorney General HM Prasetyo at the Jakarta State Administrative Court. The lawsuit was filed in November 2015 related to the Attorney General’s sudden decision to reassign and demote Mangasi without any explanation. The Court ordered HM Prasetyo to annul said decision.
Updates on Damayanti’s Case
In the past two weeks, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has examined several local government and state institution officials supposedly familiar with the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing’s (Kemen-PUPR) Trans-Seram road project involving member of the House Commission V of the House of Representatives Damayanti Wisnu Putranti of PDI-P.
Development in the Pertamina Foundation Case
After months of no progress, the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Division (Bareskrim POLRI) questioned the former CEO of state-owned oil & gas PT Pertamina Karen Agustiawan in her capacity as a witness in the alleged embezzlement of funds in Pertamina Foundation’s “Saving Trees” program. The program was funded by Pertamina’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund. The Bareskrim has only named one suspect in the case, i.e., the former Pertamina Foundation Executive Director Nina Nurlina Pramono.
Jasa Marga v. Tirtobumi
The Supreme Court (MA) has finally granted the petition for cassation filed by PT Tirtobumi Prakarsatama against its partner PT Jasa Marga Tbk (JSMR) related to the disputed extension of the Kebon Jeruk-West Tangerang toll road concession. But this dispute will not be over in the near future. JSMR decided to take further legal action against Tirtobumi by filing a Reconsideration (PK).
Closure for the North Sumatera Corruption Case?
The trials on the case of alleged bribery involving four officials of the Medan State Administrative Court (PTUN Medan) is coming to an end. On February 17, 2016 the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court read the verdict for M. Yagari “Gary” Bhastara Guntur, one of the parties accused of bribing the officials mentioned. On the same day, the court also held a hearing with the agenda of reading the demands of the public prosecutor against the disgraced Governor of North Sumatera Gatot Pujo Nugroho and his second wife Evy Susanti, also the parties accused of bribing the officials mentioned.
Updates on the PKPU for Trikomsel
The temporary suspension of debt payments (PKPU) of PT Trikomsel Oke Tbk (TRIO) has now turned into a permanent PKPU after the panel of judges of the Commercial Court in the Central Jakarta District Court gave a 60-day extension on the PKPU period. The PKPU process is now focused on the peace proposal and the verification of account receivable from creditors.