Police Spent Around US$12.1 Million on Tear Gas and Equipment by February 2024

The #EmergencyWarning protest on August 22, 2024, in several regions raised several issues, one of which was related to the excessive use of force by the police. #EmergencyWarning is a protest initiated by citizen groups urging the government and parliament not to manipulate regulations to perpetuate President Joko Widodo's dynasty politics. The citizens' demands were met with brutal responses from the police, who indiscriminately used tear gas, resulting in casualties.

Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), alongside with two experts, namely Dr. Totok Dwi Diantoro, S.H., M.A., LL.M (Academic at the Department of Environmental Law, Gadjah Mada University) and Roni Saputra, S.H., M.H (Director of Law Enforcement, Auriga Nusantara) have prepared a study in the form of a policy paper regarding "Implementation and Regulation of Valuation Ecological Losses in Calculating Losses in Natural Resources Sector Corruption Cases.”

The use of digital currencies has become one of the outcomes of various digitalization initiatives aimed at a variety of industries, including finance and banking. Crypto has become one of the digital currencies that has seen massive growth in terms of user base and transaction value, both nationally and globally. The growing use of cryptocurrency is fueled by its uniqueness, which provides numerous benefits such as the ability to conduct transactions with global reach, quick and irreversible transaction completion, and the use of addresses and anonymity.

The reason why the coal industry in Indonesia can continue to grow despite often receiving massive rejection because its impact on the climate crisis must be linked to the contribution of financial institutions such as banks. One form of this contribution, for example, is through the substantial amount of financing they provide every year. The forms of funding vary, ranging from direct credit, underwriting, and buying bonds issued by coal companies.

In this report, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) investigates the businesses in the extractive and renewable energy industries of individuals or groups connected to the Prabowo-Gibran candidate pair. The investigation was conducted to determine whether the two industries have any connection to the election. By uncovering that relationship, further investigation can be conducted. For example, how significant the contributions of the businessmen are to the election campaign, or how their businesses develop when Prabowo-Gibran hold power in the government.

Since 2004, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has consistently published reports on corruption trends monitoring in Indonesia. This is carried out to find out the level of corruption that occurs from year to year and identify in a greater depth a number of variables such as modus operandi, sectors, areas suspected of being vulnerable to corruption, and mapping the professional background of each person named as a suspect by law enforcement officials.

This publication showcases how governments and civic tech communities around the world can work together to build digital services and projects. It also offers policy recommendations on what governments can do to facilitate such collaboration.

The People's Water Forum (PWF), which was supposed to take place in Bali on May 20th 2024, received threats and violence from state apparatus and non-state actors. PWF is a forum for civil society groups that criticize the World Water Forum organized by the government based on capital interests without fully involving citizens. Whereas in principle, access to water is part of human rights whose fulfillment must be guaranteed by the state.

The extortion case against former Agriculture Minister, Syahrul Yasin Limpo has moved into a new phase as now that Firli Bahuri has been named a suspect.

This report reveals connections between public officials and the energy industry,
particularly coal companies. These connections are important as coal companies
will be advantaged by the revised Mineral and Coal Mining Law and the enactment
of the Law on Job Creation. In the previous, pre-revision iteration of the Mineral
and Coal Mining Law (Law No. 4/2009), business players had to follow strict
requirements to secure license extensions. If they wanted to extend their license