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Archipelago 3 months ago
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Medan Corruption Court acquits all four suspects in land sales case
Medan Corruption Court in North Sumatra has acquitted four defendants of all charges in a case involving the sale of assets of state plantation firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) II to private developer PT Ciputra Land.
Academia 5 months ago
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When law meets creativity: The crisis of valuing creative work
When auditors valued creative concept development and editing at "zero rupiah," they didn't just miscalculate a budget—they criminalized the very nature of artistic work. Amsal Sitepu’s acquittal must now spark a systemic overhaul of how the state values the intangible assets of the creative economy.
Academia 5 months ago
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Criminalizing creativity: A test for Indonesia’s creative economy vision
Indonesia’s ambitious vision for a trillion-rupiah creative economy is being strangled by a procurement system that still treats imagination like unskilled labor. The criminalization of videographer Amsal Sitepu exposes a dangerous value blind spot that must be fixed before the state’s bureaucracy bankrupts its own future.
Politics 6 months ago
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Activists’ acquittal of riot incitement hailed as democratic win
Human rights activists call the ruling to acquit four activists of incitement charges surrounding the nationwide riots in August 2025 to become a precedent for hundreds of other activists and protesters who are still facing prosecution.
Asia & Pacific 6 months ago
Hong Kong court overturns China critic Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction in rare legal victory
Judges Jeremy Poon, Anthea Pang, and Derek Pang said in the judgement that they allowed the appeal from Lai, and another defendant in the case, to proceed, as a lower court judge had "erred".
Politics 1 year ago
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Judges in Surabaya murder acquittal sent to jail for bribery
Two judges each received a seven-year prison sentence, while the third judge received 10 years, for accepting bribes totaling Rp 4.6 billion (US$278,459) to acquit a former lawmaker’s son from all charges in a murder case in Surabaya, East Java.
Politics 1 year ago
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AGO arrests former court head for bribery related to Surabaya murder acquittal
Former Surabaya District Court head Rudi Suparmono allegedly accepted at least S$60,000 for his roles in the acquittal of a murder charge against defendant Gregorius Ronald Tannur in a high-profile murder case in the East Java capital city.
Politics 1 year ago
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AGO rearrests ex-lawmaker's son after top court annuls Surabaya murder acquittal
The Supreme Court has overturned Ronald's acquittal in the latest developments related to the October 2023 murder of his girlfriend Dini, which have unraveled a convoluted web of bribery implicating at least three district court judges, Ronald's lawyer as well as a former high-ranking court official, and possibly an appellate justice at the country's top court.
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