Towards the end of its term of duty, the Satuan Tugas Penanganan Hak Tagih Negara Dana Bantuan Likuiditas Bank Indonesia (Satgas BLBI) accelerated the summons of obligors who still had to settle its outstanding responsibilities or to settle other issues. Starting this week, the Satgas publicly announced final summons for several parties.

PT Keramika Indonesia Assosiasi Tbk (KIAS) recently filed a lawsuit against the Chief of the Satgas BLBI and the Minister of Law and Human Rights. Apparently, for almost a year now, the Ministry has blocked the company’s access to the administration system which has resulted in limited access for the company to do a number of things, and the discussion process that has been carried out so far has not yielded good results for the company. However, why could the Ministry make this decision?

The trial of the bribers in the case of corruption involving officials of the Directorate General of Railways at the Ministry of Transportation is over. Three bribers have been found guilty by two different corruption courts. However, since the entire process only lasted for less than five months, we can’t help but wonder whether the trial has been conducted properly.

In the last week of August 2023 we finally listened to the prosecutors indictment for the former Echelon III official at the Ministry of Finance, Rafael Alun Trisambodo. Rafael, as we all know, is standing trial in the case of alleged corruption and money laundering. This week, Rafael read his objection to the indictment and the legal counsel requested the Panel of Judges to dismiss the indictment, on the grounds that it exceeded the statute of limitations. The crimes revealed by the KPK did occur more than 20 years ago, however, can the statute of limitations be applied that easily?

The restructuring process of Asuransi Jiwa Bersama Bumiputera (AJBB), which is responsible for more than 6.7 million of policyholders, is still ongoing after so many years had passed. Earlier this year, the firm started socializing the repayment of losses incurred by the policyholders after the Financial Rehabilitation Plan (RPK) submitted to the Financial Services Authority (OJK) was accepted. However, the process did not go as expected. Recently, more than 200 policyholders decided to file a lawsuit against the firm.

The dispute over ownership of land covering an area of more than six hectares in Dago Elos, Bandung, West Java, became public on Aug. 14, 2023, after a chaotic event resulted from clashes between residents and the police became viral on social media. After more than six years of dispute in court, last year the Supreme Court declared that the land in question was legally owned by the heirs of the Muller family. However, the residents who occupied the land did not accept the decision and on the day before the riot, representatives of the residents accompanied by the Bandung Legal Aid Institute (LBH) tried to submit a police report regarding alleged fraud against members of the Muller family, unfortunately the plan did not go according to plan. After the public became aware of this dispute, the report in question could finally be made in Aug. 15, 2023, but what pique our interests is not only the treatment given by the law enforcement authorities but also the documents that were used as the basis for legal considerations at the Supreme Court, documents that, if examined according to historical records, should not have existed. 

Investigators for the Solicitor General for Specific Crimes at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) named a second suspect in the case of alleged corruption that recently ensnared Ismail Thomas, member of the House Commission I of the House of Representatives. In another case, trial on the case of alleged corruption within the Makassar City Regional Drinking Water Company (PDAM Makassar) which was investigated by the South Sulawesi High Prosecutors’ Office (Kejati Sulsel), had ended after the defendants were convicted. One of the convicts was Haris Yasin Limpo, younger brother of the Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, a politician from NasDem Party. 

The problems that PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk (WSKT) must face will not end anytime soon. In the last week of August 2023, nine vendors filed seven PKPU lawsuits against Waskita Karya and proved that the threats they made a few weeks ago were not mere threats. With this addition, since January 2023 Waskita Karya has faced 11 PKPU lawsuits and proved that the company is not doing well. Three lawsuits will begin to be examined in court today, Sept. 5, 2023.

Not long ago, the Plenary Meeting of the House of Representatives approved 42 drafts of Bill into the amendments to the Priority National Legislation Program (Prolegnas Prioritas) for 2023. These changes were made based on the results of evaluating the implementation and achievements in the current year, interestingly, in the past three years, the number of laws discussed and promulgated is stable. The performance of the House of Representatives in numbers does not seem to be affected by the obstacle called COVID-19, but when compared to the budget used by the institution, this performance is just okay.

Towards the end of last week, Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar or better known as Gus Muhaimin (formerly Cak Imin), chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB), officially became the vice presidential candidate who will pair with the presidential candidate from the Koalisi Perubahan untuk Persatuan (KPP), Anies Baswedan. Simultaneously with this decision, news emerged regarding the progress of the investigation into the case of alleged corruption at the Ministry of Manpower which is being investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). What is interesting about the progress of the investigation is the news that the case being investigated occurred in 2012, when Muhaimin was the Minister of Manpower. Various theories emerged, including that the KPK was used as a political tool by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Is that true?