08 Nov 2018
Anticorruption Latest: Some Encouragement for Whistleblowers and KPK Launches Its First-Ever Prosecution of a Corporation
New whistleblower regulation One of the things that often surprises outside observers of graft in Indonesia is the comparative rarity with which complex, multilayered schemes of corruption are uncovered through the action of whistleblowers, despite such schemes frequently involving large numbers of participants. In order to encourage more whistleblowers to come forward, and greater public participation…
07 Nov 2018
Government Backtracks on Date for Prohibiting Deployment of Certain Types of Foreign-Flagged Vessels in Indonesian Waters
Under Minister of Transportation Regulation No. PM 100 of 2016, certain types of foreign-flagged vessels, other than passenger and freight vessels, were permitted to be deployed in Indonesian waters for particular purposes until the end of December 2017 (“Permitted Vessels”). After that date, their use was to be banned. However, this cut-off date was subsequently extended to the end of…