Jakarta, December 31, 2025 — The Indonesian authority said 2025 marked a tougher year for enforcement, with 13 decisions imposing total fines of IDR 698.5 billion ($41.7 million) as it stepped up action against mergers, bid rigging and monopolistic conduct.
KPPU said the cases involved 24 undertakings, including eight foreign companies, with the largest penalty — IDR 449 billion — imposed in August over alleged vertical integration and market control in the Sany truck case.
Other notable cases included IDR 202.5 billion in fines against Google for late merger notification in January, IDR 15 billion against TikTok Nusantara for delayed notification of its Tokopedia acquisition in September, and IDR 12 billion for bid rigging in a clean water project in North Lombok.
Merger Control and Digital Markets
The authority said merger enforcement dominated its caseload in 2025, with 115 merger notifications received, representing transactions worth IDR 1,093.6 trillion, mainly in real estate, mining and logistics.
KPPU conditionally cleared TikTok Nusantara’s acquisition of Tokopedia in June, imposing remedies to address potential market concerns.
The authority is also pursuing a major online lending cartel investigation involving 97 fintech platforms operating in a market valued at IDR 1,650 trillion. Hearings in the case began in August and are seen as a key test of enforcement capacity in the digital economy.
Public Revenue and Compliance
KPPU said enforcement has contributed significantly to state revenue, with outstanding fine receivables exceeding IDR 1 trillion. About 75 percent — IDR 862 billion — has already been paid into the state treasury. In 2025 alone, companies paid IDR 55.5 billion in fines.
Alongside enforcement, the authority issued 12 policy recommendations to the government and promoted 60 corporate compliance programmes, of which 25 have received formal recognition.
Market Monitoring and Institutional Reform
KPPU said it continued monitoring fuel supply constraints, rice price increases above regulated ceilings, and other strategic commodities to prevent consumer harm. The authority urged stronger data transparency in concentrated markets and called on Bulog to reinforce its price-stabilisation role in rice markets.
At year-end, KPPU completed a major institutional reform by appointing 394 staff as civil servants, which it said would strengthen enforcement capacity. The authority again urged lawmakers to revise Law No. 5/1999, arguing that stronger legal powers are needed to safeguard fair and efficient markets.
Source: https://kppu.go.id/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Siaran-Pers-No.-081_KPPU-PR_XII_2025.pdf
