Businessman Surya Darmadi, owner of Duta Palma Group, returned to Indonesia and turned himself in to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) mid last year. The AGO alleged Surya of committing corruption which caused State losses amounted to over Rp70 trillion and moved very quickly to complete the docket. Near the end of the inquisition stage, the AGO announced that the estimated State losses have reached over Rp100 trillion. Unbelievable. Surya finally stands trial as a defendant in September 2022. Towards the end of last week, Surya was found guilty. But until the end, Surya insisted that he was not guilty. He even threw tantrums during the last hearing.

Last year, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) finally uncovered the corrupt practices in the city of Yogyakarta. The revelation many have been waiting for. Mayor of Yogyakarta, Haryadi Suyuti, was named as suspect and the case eventually ensnared then Vice President Real Estate of PT Summarecon Agung Tbk (SMRA), Oon Nusihono. Unfortunately, the case did not reveal more than what was mentioned during the arrest. This week, Haryadi was found guilty and sentenced to a slightly heavier punishment if compared to the prosecutors demands.

In the previous article, we repeatedly expressed our surprise, although in fact what happened is no longer surprising. Two or more different decisions related to the same dispute actually often occur, but what happened in this case still surprised us, because the POLRI was initially very confident. However, since a convict was later released, the excitement over this case has slowly dissipated.

After losing a civil dispute at the Cikarang District Court, we recently learned that PT Mahkota Sentosa Utama (PT MSU), subsidiary of PT Lippo Cikarang Tbk (LPCK) and developer of the Meikarta township project, also lost another dispute at the South Jakarta District Court. This series of defeats added to the problem of the developer company, after the company was previously summoned by the House of Representatives and reprimanded for taking responsibility for the problems that were happening with the buyers.

Trial of two bribers in the case of alleged corruption which ensnared Justice Sudrajad Dimyati started last week. The indictment revealed that the two bribers prepared more bribes, in addition to bribes for Sudrajad, which when added together reached nearly Rp5 billion. Until today, from the investigation of the predicate crime and the development of the investigation, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) managed to uncover two cases and 15 suspects.

The trial of the President Director of PT Diratama Jaya Mandiri, Irfan Kurnia Saleh, a graft suspect in a supposedly problematic procurement of AgustaWestland helicopter is over. Despite various oddities, Irfan was eventually found guilty.

Bharada Richard Eliezer (Bharada E), one of the perpetrators of the murder of Brigadier Nopriansyah Yosua Hutabarat (also known as Brigadir J), is finally able to return to his career as a police officer. The ethics committee trial’s decision is not surprising considering those at the top seem to have deliberately made the popular decision. However, what does this decision mean for the police institution?

It has been more than two years since the public became aware of the problems experienced by various Cooperative Unions, especially those who run businesses like banks and conduct fundraising. The Kospin Indosurya case is the most shocking by far and the performance of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and the Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises is increasingly being questioned. The Minister, Teten Masduki, finally opened up last year, and mentioned that there were eight Cooperative Unions under special supervision. One of them is the Pracico Savings and Loans Cooperative (KSP Pracico) which is affiliated with the Multi Inti Sarana (MIS) business group. Not long ago, several customers filed a lawsuit against the Kospin, the Minister and the OJK.

For the past two years, we have witnessed a public dispute between Supermal Karawaci and one of its business partners, Singapore-based Investment Opportunities V Pte Limited. This dispute became the reason for the parties to sue each other in several different courts and court proceedings continue until today. However, there are other parties who entered the picture recently. Bank Artha Graha suddenly filed a lawsuit, accusing Supermal Karawaci of default and demanded the mall to pay its obligations of more than Rp280 billion. What a headache.