by Haryanto Suharman | May 10, 2016 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The government has still continues their effort of bring back the fugitive businessman Djoko Tjandra from the Papua New Guinea (PNG) to Indonesia. The Director General of the Immigration Ronny F. Sompie, however, said that the extradition of...
by Haryanto Suharman | May 10, 2016 | Corruption, Law, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Supreme Court (MA) accepted the petition of reconsideration (PK) filed by Kwee Cahyadi Kumala aka Swie Teng and so, the court reduced the prison term of the owner of PT Sentul City (BKSL) Tbk and President Commissioner of PT Bukit Jonggol...
by Haryanto Suharman | May 2, 2016 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) Arief Hidayat only got a light sanction in a form of verbal warning from the MK’s Ethical Council for committing an ethical violation. The MK’s Ethical Council concluded that Arief has been...
by Haryanto Suharman | May 2, 2016 | News, Newsmakers, People
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Muslim organization in the country, has asked President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to determine June 1, 1945, as the day of the birth of the State’s ideology Pancasila. The proposal of making June 1 as the day of...
by Haryanto Suharman | Apr 12, 2016 | News, People, Politician
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is expected to question the Governor of Jakarta Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama in his capacity as a witness to corruption allegation related to the purchase of a part of land of Sumber...
by Haryanto Suharman | Apr 11, 2016 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Division (Bareskrim POLRI) will follow up the report filed by a volunteer group that supporting the Governor of Jakarta Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama regarding allegation of hate speech made by...
by Haryanto Suharman | Apr 11, 2016 | News, People, Politician
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Jacob Nuwa Wea, a senior politician from PDI-P and former Minister of Manpower under Megawati Soekarnoputri’s administration, has passed away on Saturday (April 9) at the Gleaneagles Hospital in Penang, Malaysia, due to complication of diseases....
by Haryanto Suharman | Apr 8, 2016 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The ten factions of political parties at the House of Representatives (DPR) have been remain divided over the Bill on the Tax Amnesty proposed by the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The latest consultative meeting between the...
by Haryanto Suharman | Apr 8, 2016 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is expected to submit a draft of the revision of the 2016 State budget (APBN-P) to the House of Representatives (DPR) on May 17, 2016. The Cabinet Secretary confirmed the schedule to the press...
by Haryanto Suharman | Feb 23, 2016 | Corruption, Law, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has examined two lawmakers at the House of Representatives (DPR) from the National Awakening Party (PKB) in their capacity as witnesses to a bribery scandal involving PDI-P lawmaker Damayanti Wisnu...
