Lawyer, minister in law firm row

Lawyer, minister in law firm row

JAKARTA: A lawyer filed a legal notification with the South
Jakarta District Court over a dispute with the now-liquidated
Yusril Ihza Mahendra and Partners law firm.

Lawyer TM Luthfi Yazid, the law firm cofounder, appealed to
the court to order Yusron Ihza, the liquidator, to present his
reports on the law firm's liquidation on March 26.

Lawyer M. Luthfi Hakim told reporters that his client was
given only Rp 45 million after the liquidation, which he
considered "insufficient".

"My client supposedly received the same amount of money
because he in his capacity as cofounder had the same shares in
the company," he said.

Yusron is the brother of Yusril Ihza Mahendra, the justice and
human rights minister. Yusril, Yusron, Yazid and lawyer Hidayat
Achyar established the law firm in 2001. Yusril formed another
law firm, namely Ihza and Ihza Law Office, after his first law
firm was liquidated.

Early this year, a lawyer claimed that a court ruled in favor
in the case handled by Yusril's law firm due to Yusril's
involvement in the trial. Yusril has denied any wrongdoing. -- JP