Suryadharma Ali’s effort to revoke his status as a graft suspect is over. The Judge of the South Jakarta District Court presiding over the pre-trial, Judge Tatik Hadiyanti, rejected Suryadharma Ali’s petition on April 8, 2015. In her judgment, the Judge said that the PPP politician’s lawsuit was not an object for pre-trial.

Criminal law basically aims to protect the people from crime. Law enforcement should thus make sure that no crime escapes enforcement, especially due to error of investigation or indeed wrongful investigation causing the innocent to suffer. And so it’s unfortunate that law enforcers are not infallible. There are one too many examples of wrongful investigation causing unnecessary consequences to innocent individuals.

The Directorate General for Informatics Applications of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics recently blocked access to 22 websites considered propaganda sites with harmful content. The move was a formal response to the request for blockade filed by the National Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT) Number: 149/K.BNPT/3/2015 on Radical Websites. There is now an on-going debate on the legality of blocking access to websites.

Members of the House of Representatives, Members of the Regional Representatives Council, Judges of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Constitutional Court, Members of the Supreme Audit Agency, and Members of the Judicial Commission all earn the benefit that in the past couple of days have been the source of much attention: automobile down-payment benefit.

The Environmental Impact Assessment document (otherwise known as AMDAL) is the study of a large and significant impact of a business and/or planned activities on the environment. AMDAL is made when a project is expected to affect its surrounding—abiotic, biotic, cultural—environment.

A hearing for the lawsuit against PT Semen Indonesia’s plant in Rembang, Central Java was held on March 19, 2015. The defendant, PT Semen Indonesia (Previously known as PT Semen Gresik), presented two expert witnesses from the Gadjah Mada University (UGM): hydrogeology expert Heru Hendrayana and environmental geography expert Eko Haryono. The expert testimony delivered by both eventually caused a stir in the academic circle.

The lawsuit against PT. Semen Indonesia’s Environmental Permit for Mining Activity and Cement Plant Construction in Rembang, Central Java continued on April 2, 2015. It was time for the State Administrative Court (PTUN) of Semarang to deliver their conclusion. Judge Susilowati Siahaan acted as the presiding judge with two other judges accompanying her in the panel, i.e., Judge Hussein Amir Effendi and Judge Desy Wulandari.

Land consignment mechanism is regulated in Law No. 2/2012 on Land Acquisition for Development in the Name of Public Interest. Consignment, or compensation from the government entrusted to the district court, in accordance with Art. 42, applies to residents that’ve refused compensation, and have thus obstructed development for public interest, whereupon land acquisition of a given project has reached 75% of the total area for the construction.