Yesterday's Legal News: Sahroni Extorted by Fake KPK Representative to State Funds Handover

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Various legal events from yesterday drew attention, ranging from Sahroni confirming he was extorted by a fake KPK envoy for Rp300 million to Prabowo witnessing the handover of recovered state funds worth Rp11.4 trillion. Here is ANTARA’s summary of yesterday’s noteworthy legal news worth revisiting: 1. Sahroni confirms extortion by fake KPK envoy for Rp300 million Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives Ahmad Sahroni confirmed that he was once extorted by someone posing as a KPK envoy, demanding Rp300 million, claiming it was for KPK leadership support. According to him, the fake KPK envoy was a woman who met him in the parliamentary complex in Jakarta. He immediately checked with the KPK regarding the matter. “I immediately checked with the KPK and the KPK denied the existence of that envoy,” Sahroni said when confirmed in Jakarta on Friday. 2. Yusril: Proposal from Vice President on Andrie Yunus case to be discussed with Supreme Court Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correctional Services Yusril Ihza Mahendra stated that the proposal from Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka regarding the acid attack case against KontraS activist Andrie Yunus will be discussed by the government with the Supreme Court. In his official broadcast in Jakarta this week, Vice President Gibran deemed it important to have ad hoc judges to try the Andrie Yunus case. “We, the government, will certainly discuss it with the Supreme Court (MA) to facilitate the proposals and suggestions put forward by Mr Vice President. Hopefully, there is a way out to accommodate the suggestions and proposals conveyed by Mr Vice President,” said Coordinating Minister Yusril in response to journalists’ questions when he was met at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Friday. 3. Indonesia calls for global standardisation in music and song royalty management The Government of the Republic of Indonesia requests international organisations to build global standardisation in governance for the collection and distribution of transparent and accountable music and song royalties. In opening the ASEAN Collecting Management Organizations (CMO) Forum 2026 in Bali on Friday, Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas mentioned that these organisations include the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). “The Indonesian government will not be directly involved in royalty management, but as a regulator overseeing its governance,” said Supratman, as confirmed in Jakarta. 4. KPK examines cigarette entrepreneur Haji Her regarding excise tax processing The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined cigarette entrepreneur Khairul Umam alias Haji Her on 9 April 2026, related to excise tax processing in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance. “How is the mechanism in the field? Is it in accordance with the standard procedures in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise for that excise tax processing, or what? This then enters the examination material,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Friday. Meanwhile, he said that the examination of Haji Her is not the last one. According to him, the KPK will not stop examining cigarette entrepreneurs in the investigation of that case. 5. Prabowo witnesses handover of recovered state funds worth Rp11.4 trillion President Prabowo Subianto witnessed the handover of enforcement results in the form of administrative fines and state financial recovery worth Rp11.4 trillion at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta on Friday. Monitored from the live YouTube broadcast of the Presidential Secretariat on Friday, the handover consists of the collection of administrative fines and state financial recovery for 2026 worth Rp11,420,104,815,858. The stacks of trillions of rupiah were also displayed at the handover event. In front of President Prabowo, Attorney General ST Burhanuddin, as Deputy Chair I of the Forest Area Enforcement Task Force (PKH), symbolically handed over that amount to Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa.