Update on the PDNS corruption case
Nearly a year after the suspects were first named, the case has now entered a more decisive legal phase. Prosecutors have formally demanded prison sentences of up to 10 years for several defendants, including seven years for Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, along with fines and restitution. The prosecution also confirmed that the estimated state losses reached more than Rp140 billion, reinforcing earlier suspicions that the irregularities were not administrative errors but systemic corruption.
The latest on Pertamina corruption case
A watershed moment has arrived in the long-running corruption case tied to Indonesia’s state-owned energy giant, PT Pertamina. In a series of verdicts delivered in late February 2026, a Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced several key figures in what prosecutors have portrayed as one of the most serious corruption cases in Indonesia’s modern history — not merely for the scale of alleged losses, but for what it reveals about legal accountability in sectors critical to national sovereignty.
A counterattack against constitutional oversight
Indonesia’s constitutional order is being tested again, not through a dramatic courtroom verdict, but through a quieter and potentially more consequential confrontation between the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Constitutional Court’s ethics body, the Majelis Kehormatan Mahkamah Konstitusi (MKMK). The recent report filed against MKMK chairman I Dewa Gede Palguna, coming amid the ethics review surrounding the appointment of Golkar politician Adies Kadir as a constitutional justice, raises troubling questions about whether constitutional oversight itself is becoming a political target.
Update on Chromebook case
Prosecutors have recently stated in court that there is no record of Rp 809 billion flowing directly to Nadiem in the Chromebook procurement case, a clarification that may appear to ease suspicions at the personal level. Yet the absence of direct transfers does not automatically resolve the deeper institutional questions surrounding one of the country’s largest education technology procurements.
Is this really a white-collar crime?
The corruption trial surrounding former education minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim has entered a decisive phase at the Pengadilan Tindak Pidana Korupsi Jakarta. After the panel of judges rejected the defense’s preliminary objection, prosecutors have begun presenting witnesses and documentary evidence in the case related to the Chromebook procurement program during the pandemic-era digitalization push.
The Belvin Tannadi case
The recent sanction imposed by the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) on stock influencer Belvin Tannadi has exposed a darker side of that digital revolution: the thin line between education and manipulation.
CPO scandal’s second trial
The palm oil export corruption case was supposed to be about illegal permits, corporate misconduct and state losses during the 2022 cooking oil crisis. Instead, it has evolved into something far more alarming: a trial of Indonesia’s judiciary itself.
Who wins and loses if Indonesia bans vape?
The National Narcotics Agency’s (BNN) proposal to ban electronic cigarettes may sound like a public-health intervention. But behind the moral and medical arguments lies a deeper political-economy contest—one that could reshape Indonesia’s tobacco, retail, and tax landscapes.
DPR draws the line for judicial ethics
The House of Representatives (DPR) have publicly pressured the Constitutional Court’s Ethics Council (MKMK) not to process a complaint related to the appointment of Constitutional Court justice Adies Kadir. Their argument is simple: the MKMK has no authority to examine a political process carried out by the legislature.
The hidden danger in revising financial law
Barely three years after its passage, Omnibus Law on Financial Sector Development and Strengthening Law (UU P2SK) is already under revision. On the surface, the move appears technical, meant to follow up on a Constitutional Court ruling and clarify certain provisions. But beneath the procedural language lies a far more consequential issue: the growing risk of politicizing Bank Indonesia.