Lubis Santosa & Partners Law Firm

We are honored to announce that on 18 October 2024, LSM Law Firm - Lubis Santosa & Partners participated in Hukumonline's In-House Counsel Summit & Awards 2024. During this prestigious event, our firm, together with our Founding Partner, Prof. Todung Mulya Lubis, was recognized with the In-House Counsel Choice 2024 award.

This esteemed accolade, presented by Hukumonline.com, celebrates exceptional lawyers and law firms endorsed by in-house counsel in Indonesia for their professionalism and unwavering commitment to excellence.
The award was received on behalf of Prof. Todung Mulya Lubis and the firm by our Partners, Leonard Arpan Aritonang, Tondi Nikita Lubis, and Gilang M. Santosa.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our clients, in-house counsel, and colleagues for their trust and continued support. This recognition inspires us to further uphold our dedication to delivering outstanding legal services.

Saya, Prof. Dr. Todung Mulya Lubis, S.H., LL.M., sebagai seorang jurist dan Ahli Hukum Hak Asasi Manusia dengan ini memberikan pendapat saya sebagai seorang sahabat pengadilan sehubungan dengan Putusan Mahkamah Agung Nomor 3741 K/Pid.Sus/2023 jo. Putusan Pengadilan Tindak Pidana Korupsi pada Pengadilan Tinggi Banjarmasin Nomor 3/PID.SUS-TPK/2023/PT BJM jo. Putusan Pengadilan Tindak Pidana Korupsi pada Pengadilan Negeri Banjarmasin Nomor 40/Pid.Sus-TPK/2022/PN Bjm atas nama Mardani H. Maming yang merupakan bentuk miscarriage of justice (peradilan sesat).

Pendapat ini tidaklah dimaksudkan sebagai pembelaan bagi Mardani H. Maming. Saya menyusun pendapat ini karena nurani saya tergelitik melihat terjadinya pelanggaran hak atas fair trial yang terjadi. Di sisi yang lain, pendapat ini saya susun guna memberikan perspektif tambahan bagi Majelis Hakim Agung yang memeriksa perkara ini guna dapat memberikan putusan yang berkeadilan serta Berketuhanan yang Maha Esa.

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Kami: (i) Leonard Arpan Aritonang, (ii) Damian Agata Yuvens, (iii) Doly James Simangunsong, (iv) Tondi Nikita Lubis, dan (v) Deni Daniel, para advokat pada LSM Law Firm, menyiapkan pendapat sahabat pengadilan ini dalam kapasitas kami sebagai advokat yang memiliki kepedulian serta menaruh keprihatinan terhadap pidana mati di Indonesia.

Sebagai advokat, kami telah beberapa kali menangani perkara pidana mati, dan karenanya memahami betul betapa mengerikannya efek penjatuhan pidana mati bagi mereka yang ditinggalkan. Pada tahun 2015, Leonard, Damian, James dan Tondi telah mendampingi Myuran Sukumaran dan Andrew Chan dalam mengajukan permohonan peninjauan kembali kedua, serta pengajuan gugatan tata usaha negara terhadap penolakan grasi mereka berdua.

Pada tahun 2021, Leonard, Damian dan Deni juga mendampingi Victor Yudha Aritonang yang dijatuhi dengan pidana mati oleh Majelis Hakim pada Pengadilan Negeri Medan dalam pemeriksaan tingkat banding.

Di tahun 2023, Leonard, Damian dan Deni pun secara bersama-sama telah menyusun sebuah kertas kebijakan berkenaan dengan pidana mati yang berjudul "Jangan Eksekusi Sampai Semuanya Pasti: Menilik Masa Depan Kebijakan Pidana Mati dalam KUHP Baru" yang disampaikan kepada Presiden, Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat dan juga Mahkamah Agung.

Berdasarkan Pasal 5 ayat (1) Undang-Undang No. 18 Tahun 2003 tentang Advokat, kami sebagai advokat adalah bagian dari penegak hukum, dan karenanya berkewajiban untuk memastikan penegakan hukum dilakukan secara adil dan berdasarkan pada prinsip-prinsip hak asasi manusia.

Pendapat sahabat pengadilan ini kami sampaikan bukan sebagai dokumen untuk membela Tor Eng Tart, apalagi untuk menyatakan bahwa Tor Eng Tart tidak bersalah dan selayaknya dibebaskan. Pendapat sahabat pengadilan ini semata-mata disusun guna memberikan perspektif tambahan kepada Majelis Hakim Agung yang memeriksa perkara a quo terhadap sebab musabab penjatuhan pidana mati kepada Tor Eng Tart dan mengapa pidana mati tersebut seyogianya diubah. Hanya itu saja: tidak lebih, tidak kurang.

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We, LUBIS SANTOSA & MARAMIS ("LSM"), are pleased to announce that we have formed a Strategic Cooperation Alliance with MAKES & PARTNERS ("Makes") aimed at bringing and combining LSM's excellence in dispute resolution practice and Makes' excellence in corporate finance and capital market practice, respectively.

This Alliance will allow both firms to continue to ensure the added value and quality in order to provide comprehensive legal services with utmost integrity. This Alliance is also fully supported by Makes' Pan Asia Strategic Alliance, Wong Partnership, a leading and highly reputable Singapore law firm with its affiliated offices across various jurisdictions.

A further and official joint announcement by the firms will follow.

LUBIS SANTOSA & MARAMIS

Undang-Undang No. 1 Tahun 2023 tentang Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana ("KUHP Baru") membawa pembaruan positif terhadap kebijakan pidana mati di Indonesia, antara lain masa percobaan dalam vonis pidana mati dan komutasi bagi terpidana mati yang tidak dieksekusi. Sayangnya, perubahan yang patut diapresiasi ini malah terancam karena masih adanya kekosongan hukum yang luput dari KUHP Baru, yakni bagaimana perubahan-perubahan ini akan berlaku bagi mereka yang sudah maupun akan divonis pidana mati berdasarkan Wetboek van Strafrecht (WvS). Kekosongan hukum tersebut melahirkan kebutuhan akan kebijakan perantara sebagai jambatan kepastian hukum terhadap kebijakan pidana mati yang diatur dalam KUHP Baru. Seiring dengan hal tersebut, LSM Law Firm menyelenggarakan Seminar Nasional pada 27 Juni 2023 sebagai wadah untuk menelisik lebih jauh kekosongan hukum dalam KUHP Baru dan urgensi perancangan kebijakan perantara sebagai salah satu solusinya.

Seminar Nasional yang berjudul "Urgensi Kebijakan Perantara Pidana Mati guna Menyongsong Keberlakuan KUHP di Tahun 2026" ini turut menghadirkan perwakilan dari Kementerian Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia serta Hakim Agung dari Kamar Pidana Mahkamah Agung untuk menanggapi kertas kebijakan yang telah dirancang oleh LSM Law Firm. Kertas kebijakan ini merupakan hasil diskusi terkait kebijakan pidana mati pada KUHP Baru bersama dengan para akademisi dan masyarakat sipil dalam rangkaian focus group discussion yang LSM Law Firm selenggarakan sebelumnya.

Tidak hanya mengupas kekosongan hukum pada kebijakan pidana mati dalam KUHP Baru, kertas kebijakan bertajuk "Jangan Eksekusi sampai Semuanya Pasti: Menilik Masa Depan Kebijakan Pidana Mati dalam KUHP Baru" ini menggarisbawahi gentingnya perancangan dan pengesahan kebijakan perantara aturan pidana mati sebelum KUHP Baru berlaku di tahun 2026. Terdapat juga beberapa usulan lainnya yang ditujukan kepada Pemerintah maupun Mahkamah Agung sebagai rekomendasi kebijakan terkait pidana mati. Kertas kebijakan ini telah diserahkan kepada para pemangku kepentingan setelah dilangsungkannya Seminar Nasional sebagai masukan yang harapannya dapat ditindaklanjuti.

Kertas kebijakan ini merupakan salah satu langkah LSM Law Firm yang turut andil untuk mencapai cita-cita penghapusan total pidana mati di Indonesia. Pergerakan menuju abolisi penuh pidana mati tentu tidak akan berhenti di sini saja. Karenanya, kami mengundang Anda untuk turut membaca dan/atau membagikan kertas kebijakan kami yang dapat diunduh pada tautan berikut ini.

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01 November 2021

Singapore has grown into one of the leading jurisdictions for international debt restructuring. This has developed synergistically with its position as an international financial centre and preferred venue of international dispute resolution, particularly with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Singapore International Commercial Court, and the Singapore International Mediation Centre. The recent reforms to Singapore’s insolvency and restructuring framework have allowed Singapore to compete with other leading global restructuring and insolvency jurisdictions such as the U.S., the U.K. and Hong Kong.

For the most part, in its push to become a leading regional and global restructuring hub, Singapore is very receptive to foreign companies restructuring their debts in Singapore. The IRDA allows unregistered foreign companies to be wound up if they have a “substantial connection” to Singapore. Recent case law has shown that the Singapore courts are willing to adopt a flexible test to determine whether a foreign company has a “substantial connection” with Singapore.

On Indonesia’s part, the courts have, for many years, generally been slow in recognising foreign judgments and have emphasised the principle of national sovereignty in refusing recognition of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. However, in a recent development, judicial attitudes in Indonesia appear to be changing.

This update includes a look at the Central Jakarta Commercial Court’s decision in PT Bank Maybank Indonesia Tbk v PT Pan Brothers Tbk (Judgment No. 245/Pdt.Sus-PKPU/2021/PN.Niaga.Jkt.Pst), and the growing trend of Indonesian companies utilising Singapore as their centre for restructuring.

If you would like information or assistance on the above, you may wish to contact the Partner at WongPartnership or Lubis Santosa & Maramis whom you normally deal with or the following:

https://www.wongpartnership.com/insights/detail/positive-developments-in-singapore-indonesia-cross-border-restructurings

Lawyers: Lelyana Santosa (Partner) / Dr. Julius Singara (Partner) / Hamonangan Buddhiwisnu Harahap (Senior Associate) / Yosua L. Situmorang (Associate) / Riska Fadilla (Associate)

We are pleased to announce a very good and encouraging news that the Indonesian Supreme Court has granted an appeal filed by Nur Pamudji, former President Director of PT PLN (Persero) (State Owned Electricity Company), against a decision from the Jakarta High Court to sentence him to 7 years in prison with a fine of IDR300,000,000. The Supreme Court has found that Nur Pamudji’s action does not constitute criminal offense under the prevailing laws:

"By self-adjudication, (Supreme Court) declares that the act indicted has been proven but such act does not constitute a criminal act, therefore the defendant is released from legal charges," said the Supreme Court’s spokesperson Andi Samsan Nganro (MA Bebaskan Mantan Dirut PLN Nur Pamudji - Nasional Tempo.co).

Nur Pamudji was once awarded the prestigious Bung Hatta Anti-Corruption Award for his various policies in building the integrity of PT PLN (Persero). However, later on he was accused by the Criminal Investigations Board of the Indonesian Police Force (Bareskrim Polri) and the Attorney General’s Office for committing corruption due to his policies in the procurement of high speed diesel for electric power plants of PT PLN (Persero) thereby causing losses to state finances even.  This accusation came through besides the fact that Nur Pamudji has not made any personal gain from such procurement process. This is the irony of law enforcement in Indonesia as rightly stated by Judge Suparman Nyompa, S.H., M.H., in his dissenting opinion in the judgment at the first instance, whereas:

“...Defendant Nur Pamudji should have received an award from the state for having endeavoured to use PT. PLN budget as efficiently as possible, but conversely the good intentions and hard work of the Defendant to build and increase productivity of PT. PLN by the efficient use of the budget has brought the Defendant to criminal proceedings and has now been declared as a Defendant”.

The same was stated by High Court Judge Lafat Akbar, S.H in his dissenting opinion in the appellate judgment that:

“In the procurement of Goods/Services of PT. PLN, Defendant Nur Pamudji has factually endeavoured to conserve the use of state finances and has shown an annual average saving of state finances amounting to Rp.351,016,281,301 (three hundred fifty-one billion sixteen million two hundred eighty-one thousand three hundred and one rupiah)...”

To date, we are still waiting for the full text of the Supreme Court’s Judgment.

Source:

• MA Bebaskan Mantan Dirut PLN Nur Pamudji - Nasional Tempo.co
• Mahkamah Agung Lepaskan Eks Dirut PLN Nur Pamudji dari Hukuman 7 Tahun Penjara (kompas.com)
• MA Lepas Eks Dirut PLN Nur Pamudji soal Korupsi: Bukan Pidana (cnnindonesia.com)
• Mahkamah Agung Bebaskan Eks Dirut PLN Nur Pamudji - Kabar24 Bisnis.com

In the framework of performing one of the provisions of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation ("Omnibus Law"), particularly relating to the protection of rights and welfare of worker/labor, either during employment or post-employment, the Government issued the Government Regulation Number 35 Year 2021 regarding Fixed-Term Employment Contract, Outsourcing, Work Time, Rest Time and Termination of Employment (GR 35/2021). Based on its duration, there are 2 (two) types of Employment Contracts, namely the Fixed-Term Employment Contract/Perjanjian Kerja Waktu Tertentu ("PKWT") and the Indefinite-Term Employment Contract/Perjanjian Kerja Waktu Tidak Tertentu ("PKWTT"). Further, GR 35/2021 provides an important change to formula for calculating the employment termination compensation. You can find our article which elaborate the compensation for PKWT, employment termination formula for PKWTT as well as the grounds for employment termination.

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Lawyers: Dr. Julius Singara (Partner) / Doly James Simangunsong, LL.M. (Associate) / Adi Putra Buana Yunara Batubara, LL.M. (Associate)

We are pleased to announce that on 13 April 2021 the South Jakarta District Court has granted PT PLN (Persero)’s Demurrer and rejected a pretrial motion filed by the Indonesia Solicitors at Law.

Previously, on 16 December 2020, the [Indonesia Solicitors at Law] has filed a pretrial motion against:

1. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. Chief of National Police of Indonesia c.q. Chief of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police c.q. Chief of South Jakarta Subregional Police c.q. Chief of Kebayoran Baru Sector Police as Respondent I;
2. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. President of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. Ministry of State-Owned Companies c.q. PT. Perusahaan Listrik Negara c.q. Aji Lesmana as Manager of PT PLN (Persero) UP3 Bulungan Jakarta Selatan as Respondent II;
3. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. President of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. Chief of National Police of Indonesia as Co-Respondent I;
4. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. President of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. Chief of National Police of Indonesia c.q. Chief of  Professional and Security of the National Police (Propam) as Co-Respondent II;
5. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. President of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. Chief of National Police of Indonesia c.q Chief of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police as Co-Respondent III;
6. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. President of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. Chief of National Police of Indonesia c.q Chief of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police c.q. Chief of South Jakarta Resort Police as Co-Respondent IV;
7. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. President of the Republic of Indonesia c.q. Ministry of State Owned Companies c.q. Zulkifli Zaini as the President Director of PT. PLN (Persero) as Co-Respondent V.

In such pretrial motion, the [Indonesia Solicitors at Law (Law Office)] alleged that Respondent II had committed criminal act of document forgery as intended in Article 263 of the Indonesian Criminal Code and reported the alleged criminal act to the Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya) under the Police Report Number LP/970/II/YAN.2.5/2020/SPKT PMJ dated 12 February 2020 (“LP 970 Case”). Further, on 17 February 2020, the LP 970 Case was transferred to the South Jakarta Sub-regional Police (Polres Jakarta Selatan) for further preliminary investigation. Then, on 16 December 2020, the [Indonesia Solicitors at Law] filed a pretrial motion against the Respondents and Co-Respondents by alleging that the National Police of the Republic of Indonesia has unlawfully terminated the LP 970 Case .  

On 13 April 2021, the South Jakarta District Court decided to “grant the Demurrer of the Respondents” and therefore, “pretrial motion is deemed as unacceptable”.

Previously, the Indonesian Government has issued a regulation regarding the Organization of Electronic Systems and Transactions under Government Regulation Number 71 of 2019. However, such Government Regulation has yet to provide a comprehensive and detailed provision on the organization of electronic systems by private entities. Whereas in reality, the majority of electronic systems are conducted by private entities as online-based businesses continue to grow in its popularity in Indonesia.

Therefore, the Minister of Communication and Information Technology (“Minister”) recently issued Regulation No. 5 of 2020 on Private Electronic System Organizers (“Minister Regulation 5/2020”), which revokes and replaces (i) Minister Regulation No. 19 of 2014 on the Handling of Internet Websites Containing Negative Content; and (ii) Minister Regulation No. 36 of 2014 on Registration Procedures for Organizers of Electronic Systems.

Minister Regulation 5/2020 governs that private electronic systems Organizers (Penyelenggara Sistem Elektronik – “Private PSE”) which meet the following criterias shall be registered to the Minister via Online Single Submission (OSS) system:

1. Private PSEs regulated or supervised by the Ministry or institution based on the provisions of laws and regulations; and/or
2. Private PSEs that have portals, sites, or network applications through the internet to be used to:
   1. provide, manage, and/or make offers and/or trade goods and/or services;
   2. provide, manage, and/or operate financial transaction services;
   3. send materials or paid digital content through data networks either by downloading through portals or sites, dispatch through electronic mail, or through other applications to the equipment of the Electronic Systems User;
   4. provide, manage, and/or operate communications systems comprising but not limited to short messages, voice calls, video calls, elektronic mails, and network conversations in the form of digital platform, network services and social media;
   5. search engine services, electronic information services provider in the form of writings, sounds, pictures, animation, music, video, film, and games or combinations thereof in part and/or entirety; and/or
   6. personal data processing for public service operational activities related to electronic transaction activities.

This registration obligation applies not only to domestic Private PSEs, but also applies to all Private PSEs that are domiciled overseas and established according to other foreign laws and regulations, which fulfill the following categories:

1. providing services within the territory of Indonesia;
2. doing business in Indonesia; and/or
3. the electronic system is used and/or offered in the territory of Indonesia.

After the registration requirements as referred to in Articles 2 to 5 are declared complete in accordance with Minister Regulation 5/2020, the Minister will issue a Registration Certificate of Private PSE.

It is noteworthy that Minister Regulation 5/2020 requires all Private PSEs to register their electronic system prior to any utilization of their electronic services by users. However, in the event of such private PSEs have already been established, the said registrations must be completed within 6 (six) months after the enactment of Minister Regulation 5/2020 or by 24 May 2021 at the latest.

Private PSEs are required to provide user information in Indonesian language as regulated. Private PSEs shall ensure that their electronic system does not:

1. contain the electronic information and/or electronic documents that are prohibited by law; and
2. facilitate the distribution of the prohibited electronic information and/or electronic documents.

The failure of private PSEs to comply with the abovementioned requirements shall be followed up with access blocking to their electronic system, as regulated under Minister Regulation 5/2020.

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