Sigit Harjojudanto Sued By Shareholders Of PT BRW Regarding Share Disputes

The atmosphere of the trial at the Central Jakarta District Court. (IST)

JAKARTA - The legal polemic that entangles PT Bali Ragawisata (PT BRW) continues. This time, one of the shareholders of PT BRW, Didi Dawis, filed a civil lawsuit against Sigit Harjojudanto, the second son of President Suharto. The lawsuit was filed with the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday (19/6/2025) with Case Number: 374/Pdt.G/2025/PN.Jkt.Pst.

"This report is related to the alleged unlawful act committed by Sigit Harjojudanto against our client, Mr. Didi Dawis," said Didi Dawis' attorney, Chandra Kurniawan, to reporters after registering a lawsuit at the Central Jakarta District Court.

Chandra explained that this lawsuit was filed regarding the claim that Sigit stated that he had rights to PT BRW shares based on the Share Binding Agreement which was made with one of the shareholders of PT BRW, Saiman Ernawan, in 2015.

In the agreement, Sigit claimed to have handed over Rp50 billion in funds to Saiman to buy 50 thousand shares or the equivalent of 25% of PT BRW's shares. At that time, Saiman served as President Director of PT BRW. On July 8, 2024, Sigit's attorney, Moch. Nafis Al Thaf Raffan, reported Saiman to Polda Metro Jaya. However, when the report was made, Saiman was no longer serving at PT BRW.

Chandra said that the relationship between his client and Sigit was previously very good and had been going on for a long time. However, the emergence of the report prompted the need for legal proof of the Stock Binding Agreement made when Saiman was still in office.

"Can someone who doesn't have a stock certificate be said to be a shareholder? We see this as a nominee practice, which is clearly prohibited by law. Therefore, we want to test it in court," he stressed.

Chandra added, if Didi Dawis' lawsuit is not granted, his party asks Sigit to also take responsibility for the debts that involve PT BRW, not only demanding profits as shareholders.

Currently, PT BRW is facing a trial requesting the cancellation of peace (homologation) in the process of Postponing Debt Payment Obligations (PKPU) submitted by six applicants at the Commercial Court at the Central Jakarta District Court.

"As a result of the agreement, our client was actually dragged into the issue between Sigit Harjojudanto and Saiman Ernawan, even though previously there was an agreement that our client would not be involved," he said.

Until now, PT BRW has won three of the six cases requesting the cancellation of homologation. The other three cases with applicant Lily Bintoro and PT Bhumi Cahaya Mulia (Cases No. 18), CV Dwi Putu Kassirano (Catcase No. 19), and PT Pilar Garba Inti (kara No. 21) are still ongoing.

Based on data from the Directorate General of General Legal Administration of the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Lily Bintoro is one of the shareholders of PT BRW together with Djie Tjian An, Didi Dawis, and Saiman Ernawan.

This problem originated from a debt estimated at IDR 3.5 trillion. The loan was used for property development in Bukit Pandawa, Bali, which ended up not running. The loan occurred when Saiman served as President Director, before finally being replaced by Triono Juliarso Dawis in 2021.

However, in 2024, Saiman sued PT BRW at the Denpasar District Court and filed a blocking of the company's land and building assets, so that PT BRW could not sell assets to pay obligations to creditors in accordance with the homologation agreement.