Satuan Tugas Penanganan Hak Tagih Negara Dana Bantuan Likuiditas Bank Indonesia (Satgas BLBI) continued to give pressures. Towards the end of last week, the Satgas published five billing/collection announcements, one announcement was made specifically for Samadikun Hartono, his brothers and other parties in relation to their outstanding on Bank Umum Nasional and Bank Uppindo. Samadikun and his brothers raised the Modern Group after the death of their father, Otje Honoris, but the family is not widely known to the public.

At the end of February 2023, David Ozora (17), the son of Jonathan Latumahina – a close friend of the Minister of Religion, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, who is also a member of GP Ansor, was attacked and assaulted by Mario Dandy Satrio (20), the son of an Echelon III official at the Ministry of Finance, Rafael Alun Trisambodo. David ended up in a coma and has just regained consciousness over a month after the incident happened. What starts out as an ordinary “juvenile delinquency” turns into another serious crime after it is discovered that Rafael Alun Trisambodo has an unreasonable amount of wealth. An investigation into the source of Rafael’s wealth began less than a week after the incident occurred. Last week, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed that they had named Rafael as a suspect. Rafael has been suspected of abusing his authority and receiving grafts since 2011. Various information regarding Rafael and his alleged crimes emerged and calls to pass the Bill on Forfeiture of Criminal Assets are getting stronger.

March is a busy month for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Along with widespread allegations of corruption and misappropriation of authority by civil servants, last week the KPK announced that they had named 10 suspects in a case of alleged corruption relating to the provision of remuneration (performance allowance, tunjangan kinerja – tukin) at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Kementerian ESDM). Besides that, the KPK also developed the investigation into a new allegations of corruption related to the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) and the arrangement of excisable goods managed by the Concession Agency (BP) in the Bintan Free Trade and Free Port Zone (FTZ) (BP Bintan). In the predicate crime, the KPK managed to imprison the disgraced Regent of Bintan, Apri Sujadi, in 2021. Separately, the KPK also announced their investigation in Central Kalimantan and named the Regent of Kapuas, Ben Brahim S Bahat (Golkar) and his wife, Ary Egahni Ben Bahat (NasDem), as suspects.

Pintu Air Mas (PAM) group controlled by the Tjia family has been successful in the property sector with their Jatra hotel chain, although not many people know them. However, this conglomerate run business in various sectors. Away from the media spotlight, the group also has businesses in the nickel mining industry, one of which is through PT PAM Mineral Tbk (NICL). In its operational area in Central Sulawesi, PAM Mineral has been in dispute for a very long time with two companies under the control of the Transon group, namely PT Bumi Morowali Utama (PT BMU) and PT Transon Bumindo Resources (PT TBR). Not long ago, for the umpteenth time, PAM Mineral filed a lawsuit against PT BMU and PT TBR through the West Jakarta District Court, seeking over Rp1.3 trillion in compensation.

We begin 2023 with news that the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has named five suspects in the BAKTI case, the case related to a project at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics. A lot of interesting things emerged in the process of examining witnesses, including the alleged involvement of Minister Johnny Plate’s relatives in the vortex of this crime. Recently, the institution announced that they have imposed a travel ban for two people who run a business in the field of foreign exchange, a business that we know is closely related to the practice of concealing proceeds of crime.

It’s been almost three years since the Ministry of Finance expanded the tax base by collecting Value Added Tax (VAT/PPN) for digital products in trading through the electronic system (PMSE). The number of collectors continues to increase, until this month, there are already 142 companies with the same set of responsibilities. The Government also announced that they have received more than Rp11 trillion tax value in total, an increase of almost Rp1 trillion compared to the report at the end of 2022.

The trial of the suspects involved in the PT Asuransi Sosial Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia (Persero) (familiarly known as PT ASABRI) corruption scandal will be over soon. The prosecutors just read their demands for the notorious Bety Halim this week. Separately, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that it had developed an investigation into the case of corruption in the procurement of social assistance programs at the Ministry of Social Affairs, which ensnared then Minister of Social Affairs, Juliari Peter Batubara, and had named a suspect. The KPK has yet to officially announce the construction of the case but allegations have emerged to the public.

Two weeks ago, interesting news came from Indonesia Police Watch (IPW). The non-governmental organization submitted a report to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding alleged grafts worth Rp7 billion from one Helmut Hermawan for a deputy minister through two of his personal assistants. The Deputy Minister in question is the Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights, Eddy Hiariej. We know that in recent years Helmut has had disputes with many parties regarding the ownership of PT Citra Lampia Mandiri (PT CLM), it is these other parties that have caught our attention. Let’s see how complicated the dispute between the parties is.

The Satuan Tugas Penanganan Hak Tagih Negara Dana Bantuan Likuiditas Bank Indonesia(Satgas BLBI) announced a new billing summon on March 27, 2023 for five very important parties. This is the fourth summon issued in just under a week. Apart from the parties summoned, we understand the concern of the Satgas, which should be able to complete its duties in December 2023. Unfortunately, actions taken in haste are bound to have disappointing results.

In addition to announcing the billing/collection summons for Trijono Gondokusumo et al, the Satuan Tugas Penanganan Hak Tagih Negara Dana Bantuan Likuiditas Bank Indonesia (Satgas BLBI) also announced two separate third summons for seven parties. Who are the parties summoned?