Last year, an advocate, Yasin Djamaluddin, filed a petition for Judicial Review of Law No. 16/2004 concerning the Prosecutors’ Office to the Constitutional Court. Yasin Djamaluddin asked for the prosecutors’ authority on investigation and inquisition of corruption cases to be removed. This lawsuit is interesting, not only because it was filed when the prosecutors’ offices under the lead of the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) was in their prime and exposed various allegations of major corruption cases, but also because Yasin acted as legal counsel for several graft suspects. This week, after nearly a year of examination, the petition was denied.

Towards the end of last week, the Office of Public Affairs of the US Department of Justice announced that SAP SE (ETR: SAP), a publicly traded global software company based in Germany, entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the department....

Back in 2018, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted a sting operation in North Sumatera and arrested the then Regent of Labuhanbatu, Pangonal Harahap (PDIP). Just like a lot of other graft cases, Pangonal received bribes from local contractors namely...

At the beginning of this week, the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) published the results of the 2023 Business Competition Index study conducted by the Center Economics and Development Studies (CEDS) at Padjadjaran University (UNPAD). Overall, CEDS...

Five years ago, in the presidential candidate debate ahead of the 2019 election, presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo boasted of his administration's achievements, that his administration had not issued permits for the use of very large land areas enjoyed by a...

In the previous article we mentioned a brief background and Government’s achievement on the implementation of the National Strategic Projects (PSN) and just like other projects, the process is prone to corruption. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had warned...

In the midst of all the legal problems that have hit the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the implementation of Government programs continues. With less than a year remaining before the administration changes, the Government is determined to complete...

Towards the end of December 2023, the Financial Services Authority (OJK) issued OJK Regulation (POJK) No. 22/2023. In this regulation, the OJK's authority to carry out civil lawsuits is strengthened, but what also attracts public attention is that the OJK has finally...

The drafting of the Bill on Forfeiture of Criminal Assets has been started since 2008. The goal is noble, so that the criminals who have caused losses to the State will lose the proceeds of their crimes and State losses can be recovered immediately. But the road to...

The most anticipated trial of the year finally ended. The former Echelon III official at the Ministry of Finance, Rafael Alun Trisambodo, who stands trial in the case of alleged corruption and money laundering has been found guilty. Rafael was sentenced to prison in accordance with prosecutors’ demands, but several of the KPK’s allegations were deemed unproven. As a result, the compensation required by the court was not even half the sentence given to his son, Mario Dandy, in a separate case. The KPK is considering appealing.