Trial of three defendants in the case of alleged crimes committed by the officials of Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) will end soon. The proceedings concluded within less than two months so we did not expect much, and indeed the prosecutors only demanded light punishment for...

Six years has gone by since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that they had named the President Director of PT Diratama Jaya Mandiri, Irfan Kurnia Saleh, a graft suspect in a supposedly problematic procurement of AgustaWestland helicopter. Irfan...

The prosecution stage in the case of alleged corruption in the Pemalang regency continues. This week, Pemalang Regent, Mukti Agung Wibowo, finally stands trial. Mukti is accused of accepting over Rp7.5 billion in grafts.  As we previously reported, the Corruption...

Four years ago, the dispute between Luxembourg’s Molucca Holdings S.à.r.l and PT Pelita Cengkareng Paper (PT PCP) emerged. Since then, the parties continued to exchange lawsuits. The dispute ended in Pelita Cengkareng’s victory. Last year we learned that another lawsuit was registered at the Commercial Court at the Central Jakarta District Court with the aim of having Pelita Cengkareng restructure its debts. The company still managed to resolve their dispute with peace agreement with the creditors. However the peaceful situation did not last long. From October 2022 until last week, multiple lawsuits were registered against PT PCP, all of which aimed to annul the peace agreement.

One of the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) biggest achievements this year was probably the revelation of the cooking oil scandal. However, what started as a shock to the nation, turned out to be less of a surprise in court. The public no longer paid much attention to the trial. The indictments for the defendants were read out in the last week of August 2022, and in just four months, towards the end of last week, the demands for the defendants were read out.

A business dispute involving companies under the CT Corp and Gudang Garam business group took place far from the media spotlight. This dispute has been examined in court for more than a year and now the latest court proceeding is ongoing at the Sidoarjo District Court. What happened?

Nearly 17 years ago, on May 29, 2006, the Lapindo mudflow in Porong, Sidoarjo regency, East Java, overflowed for the first time. It is known that the mudflow originated from an explosion on a gas drilling site owned by Lapindo Brantas Inc. As a result of the explosion, 16 villages in three sub-districts were submerged and had to be erased from the map. On top of that, at least 30 factories were forced to close. The company and the Government are still throwing responsibility at each other due to the complexity of this problem, victims must seek their own justice. This week, several companies filed a lawsuit against the President and the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR).

It has been over two 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, towards the end of this year, there are already 134 companies with the same set of responsibilities. The Government has received more than Rp9.6 trillion tax value in total and has issued an additional legal basis, which provides authority for the Government to appoint local collectors. Will this new legal basis be useful and contribute to the 2023 VAT/PPN revenue target?

Trial of corporate suspects in the corruption case involving State-owned insurance company PT Asuransi Jiwasraya (Persero) had ended. All companies have been found guilty and several parties decided to appeal. Unfortunately, the case, which started as a large-scale disclosure, did not produce the expected results. Most of the charges on suspicion of money laundering committed by the companies were not granted, to make things worse, the Panel of Appeal provided disappointing decisions. One company was even acquitted, giving a blow to the head for the Attorney General’s Office (AGO).

In the midst of all the criminal cases that occurred lately, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continued to conduct Sting Operation in regions. Back in August 2022, the KPK uncovered a case of alleged corruption involving the Regent of Pemalang, Mukti Agung Wibowo. Trial of the first batch of defendants started soon after and the prosecutors had read their demands recently. Separately, KPK developed the investigation into the case in the Supreme Court and announced that they commenced investigation on a new case.