by Yohanes Obor | Feb 17, 2016 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Ministry of State-owned Enterprises (SoE) plans to set PT Danareksa or PT Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia (BPUI) as holding company for 4 state banks; Bank Mandiri, Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), and Bank...
by Yohanes Obor | Feb 17, 2016 | Finance, Markets, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened lower this morning but has regained 0.3% to 4759. Asian shares were taking a breather on Wednesday, looking to consolidate two sessions of solid gains as risk appetites finally...
by Haryanto Suharman | Feb 15, 2016 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Johan Budi SP, the Spokesperson of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, stated about possibility of the President to not supporting the plan to amend the Law No. 30/2002 on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in case of the amendment is merely...
by Haryanto Suharman | Feb 12, 2016 | Corruption, Law, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Division (Bareskrim POLRI) has just detained Raden Priyono, graft suspect and former Chief of the powerful upstream oil & gas regulator body BPMigas, related to a corruption case surrounding the...
by Haryanto Suharman | Feb 11, 2016 | News, People, Politician
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Attorney General Office (AGO) has today (Feb. 11) re-examined former Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Setya Novanto related to his scandalous meetings with businessman Muhammad Riza Chalid and former CEO of Freeport Indonesia...
by Haryanto Suharman | Feb 11, 2016 | Corruption, Law, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Panel of judges at the High Court of Jakarta has dropped heavier jail sentence to Fuad Amin Imron, a politician from Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party and former Regent of Bangkalan (East Java), from 8 years to 13 years in prison for proven...