Feb 27, 2026 | Law, Market, Politics
The Constitutional Court is now confronting a case that could redefine the meaning of Indonesia’s constitutional commitment to education. A petition challenging Law No. 17/2025 on the 2026 state budget questions whether President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship Free...
Feb 27, 2026 | Market, Politics
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad has called for a postponement of the plan to import 105,000 vehicles from India, which were intended to support logistics transportation for the Red-White Village Cooperative (KDMP). The inconsistency...
Feb 27, 2026 | Law, Market
Nearly a year after the suspects were first named, the case has now entered a more decisive legal phase. Prosecutors have formally demanded prison sentences of up to 10 years for several defendants, including seven years for Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, along with...
Feb 27, 2026 | Law, Market
A watershed moment has arrived in the long-running corruption case tied to Indonesia’s state-owned energy giant, PT Pertamina. In a series of verdicts delivered in late February 2026, a Jakarta Corruption Court has sentenced several key figures in what prosecutors...
Feb 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
SGX-listed Bumitama Agri Ltd, a plantation company controlled by Harita Group, booked net profit of Rp2.8 trillion last year (twice of IDX-listed Astra Agro Lestari), an increase of 22.5% from 2024 even when its crude palm oil (CPO) sales volume didn’t grow at all. ...
Feb 26, 2026 | Industries, Market
Joao Angelo de Sousa Mota, CEO of Agrinas, who dropped his resignation last year after openly criticizing Danantara, openly defended the policy to import 105,000 pickup trucks from India even after ‘strong man’ Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, deputy chairman of President Prabowo’s...
Feb 26, 2026 | Market, Politics
For years, Asset Seizure Bill (RUU Perampasan Aset) sat in legislative limbo, repeatedly promised yet quietly stalled. Anti-corruption activists pushed for it, law enforcement agencies endorsed it and successive presidents expressed rhetorical support. Yet political...
Feb 26, 2026 | Market, Politics
As public concern grows over the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) between Indonesia and the United States, senior officials have moved quickly to reassure public that the country’s halal certification regime remains untouched. Coordinating Economic Minister...
