Author: Indra Budiari

Fathanah Faces 17.5 Years Prison Charge

Posted by | October 22, 2013 | , , | 0 |

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Ahmad Fathanah, graft defendant on beef import quota case, is facing 17.5 years jail time on bribery and money laundering cases. Prosecutor from the anti graft commission KPK considered Fathanah is guilty of receiving Rp1.3 billion bribe from PT Indoguna Utama. The bribe was given to “taking care” the beef import quota manipulation along with former chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq. Fathanah and Luthfi then successfully predisposed Minister of Agriculture Suswono and Director General of Livestock and Veterinary Herman Syukur Iswantoro. Fathanah was charged with article 12 a of Corruption Law. Fathanah is also facing money laundering charges as regulated on the article 5 and article 3 of Law No 8/2010 regarding Money Laundering. The money laundering was committed as Fathanah spent Rp38.7 billion graft money for buying cars, house and others goods....

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PKS Patron shows up in Court

PKS Patron shows up in Court

Posted by | October 21, 2013 | , , | 0 |

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Hilmi Aminuddin, patron leader of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), shows up in the Corruption Court Monday (Oct. 21). He is scheduled to testify for the graft defendant and PKS suspended chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq. Hilmi’s testimony is considered as one of the key testimony in this case. Hilmi’s examination is a follow up of testimony from number of witnesses including Hilmi’s son M Ridwan. Previously, the anti graft commission KPK played a wiretapped conversation between Ridwan and graft suspect Ahmad Fathanah in the court session. In the conversation Ridwan asked Rp40 billion for “engkong”, allegedly...

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Minister Roy Expects No Political Interest on National Team

Minister Roy Expects No Political Interest on National Team

Posted by | October 17, 2013 | , , | 0 |

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Minister of Youth and Sports Roy Suryo underlined that he strongly demands to all parties to bring no political interests into the U-19 national soccer team. Roy only supports the reality that the players are honored with a bonus or gift by the local figures from the home of the players. “If they (players) were invited to gala dinner held by political parties from other regional leaders, it must be questioned,” he commented. Media recently reported one player of the U-19 National Team, Maldini Pali, have received a house worth Rp600 million from West Sulawesi Regional...

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KPK Detains Andi Mallarangeng

KPK Detains Andi Mallarangeng

Posted by | October 17, 2013 | , , | 0 |

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – After series of examinations, the anti graft commission KPK detained former Minister of Youth and Sports Andi Alfian Mallarangeng. On Oct. 17, 2013, Andi is brought to KPK detention center as suspect of Hambalang sports center project. KPK spokeperson Johan Budi stated Andi is detained for 20 days. “I wish I can be revealed. Let the wrong be wrong and the right be right,” said Andi. Meanwhile, Andi’s brother Rizal Mallarangeng appreaciated KPK’s decision to arrest Andi. However, he insisted that his brother is not guilty and it will be a burden for KPK to prove...

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BRI Faces Rp210 Billion Default Lawsuit

BRI Faces Rp210 Billion Default Lawsuit

Posted by | October 15, 2013 | , , | 0 |

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – State-owned bank PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk (BRI) is currently facing a lawsuit for default allegation in Central Jakarta District Court. The lawsuit was filed by PT Riau Agro Mandiri. The livestock producer claimed that it has suffered substantial loss caused by BRI’s default. Riau Agro seeks for Rp7.66 billion compensation for material loss and Rp210.27 billion for immaterial loss. Both parties had in 2007 signed credit facility agreement. Dispute emerged when BRI was late to issue the letter of credit (LC) for Riau Agro. The LC was proposed in September 2008, to fund the cattle...

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