The Bandung Corruption Court in West Java on Wednesday sentenced two lawyers, who had represented a Semarang-based Intidana savings and loans cooperative member, to imprisonment for bribing Supreme Court justices in order to secure a favorable ruling for their client.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on the SOEs Startup Day on Monday lamented the lack of Indonesian startups in the field of agriculture amidst increasing threats of the food crisis in the future. As of now, Indonesia ranks sixth in terms of the number of startups compared to the United States in first and followed by India, Britain, Canada, and Australia.
23 percent of Indonesia’s startups are in the field of financial technology or fintech with the second largest being retail with 14 percent. Those in the field of agriculture only amount to 4 percent.
“In fact, if you look at the food crisis in the future, it will be a big problem that technology must solve. And this is an opportunity,” said Jokowi at the event
President Joko Widodo has emphasized the urgency of law reform following the detention of Supreme Court Justice Sudrajad Dimyati as a suspect in the alleged .
The Supreme Court is complying with a call for examination from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) following the naming of a judge as a suspect over .