It seems that Robert Tantular (former owner of Bank Century/now Bank J Trust) is not going to let his dispute with Antonius Vidi Kamadjaja just end. This week, Robert once again filed a lawsuit against Anton, through the South Jakarta District Court. This is the fourth lawsuit Robert has filed in the last two years.

It hasn’t been that long since a railway line outside Java was inaugurated, who would have guessed that the parties involved in this project were not spared from corruption. We started this week with the news that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) carried out a sting operation and uncovered a corruption scheme carried out by parties at the Directorate General of Railways at the Ministry of Transportation. The KPK officially announced that they colossally named 10 suspects. 

At the end of 2021, the South Sulawesi High Prosecutors’ Office (Kejati Sulsel) announced that they were investigating allegations of corruption within the Makassar City Regional Drinking Water Company (PDAM Makassar). Prosecutors revealed that this case started with the audit findings of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). We have to wait for more than a year before the prosecutor announces the progress of the investigation and names suspects, one of whom is Haris Yasin Limpo, younger brother of the Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo. When the announcement was made, we immediately remembered another corruption case that also ensnared Syahrul’s younger sister, Dewie Yasin Limpo. Meanwhile, the emergence of this case in the midst of a lot of pressure on NasDem is unlikely to be passed easily. Syahrul is a NasDem politician.

Last month, the Central Jakarta District Court made a controversial decision and granted the civil lawsuit registered by the Partai Rakyat Adil Makmur (Just Prosperous People’s Party – Partai Prima). The decision ordered the General Elections Commission (KPU) not to carry out the remaining stages of the upcoming 2024 general election and to repeat the preparation stages from the beginning. This decision fortunately was overturned by the Panel of Appeal this week. However, far from being reported by national media outlets, the KPU is currently in a circle of allegations of sexual harassment that are wrapped in conflicts of interest. This allegation is related to Hasnaeni, a defendant in a case of alleged corruption related to Waskita Beton. What a headache.

Today, PT Siemens Healthineers Indonesia announced the existence of clearly uncollectible accounts receivable (piutang yang nyata nyata tidak dapat ditagih) from 10 customers. Its value reached Rp1.7 billion. This announcement is interesting, because it was published in the middle of the tax reporting period, and in the midst of the emergence of various tax scandals. What exactly is meant by uncollectible accounts receivable?

Today, April 12, 2023, the Satuan Tugas Penanganan Hak Tagih Negara Dana Bantuan Likuiditas Bank Indonesia (Satgas BLBI) scheduled meetings with 14 obligors. Most of them are companies and their management with total liabilities/outstandings that were billed, including administration fees, reached over Rp280 billion.

Towards the end of 2020, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) held a Sting Operation and arrested dozens of individuals, including the Mayor of Cimahi, Ajay Muhammad Priatna (PDIP). Ajay was immediately named a suspect for allegedly accepting Rp1.6 billion in grafts. Ajay was found guilty in August 2021, but the Panel of Judges only sentenced him to less than a third of the punishment demanded by the prosecutors. Apart from the disappointing decision, Ajay still has to deal with the KPK in a different case. This week, Ajay was found guilty, again, for bribing a former investigator of the KPK.

In the next three days, April 11, 2023 to April 13, 2023, the Satuan Tugas Penanganan Hak Tagih Negara Dana Bantuan Likuiditas Bank Indonesia (Satgas BLBI) scheduled meetings with at least 35 obligors. Most of them are companies and their management. The total liabilities/outstandings that were billed, including administration fees, reached almost Rp700 billion. Tomorrow, the Satgas scheduled meetings with 15 obligors.

Meranti Islands Regent, Muhammad Adil, was arrested in a sting operation carried out by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) towards the end of last week. Adil has been in the headlines some time ago because of an argument with the Ministry of Finance. He even mentioned that the ministry is filled with demons. Now, when the Ministry of Finance is in the spotlight, it turns out that Muhammad Adil isn’t exactly a good person either.

The Government’s anti-corruption spirit was tarnished after the wealth of Rafael Alun Trisambodo, a tax official, came under scrutiny. Later, Rafael was suspected of having wealth related to suspicious transactions that had been carried out for more than 12 years. Rafael was named suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) last week, but the process was only made official at the beginning of this week.