Knowledge Highlights 2 October 2025
Antitrust developments and enforcement activity in South-east Asia: April to June 2025
In this issue of the Competition Law Quarterly, we highlight notable antitrust developments and enforcement activity in South-east Asia which took place in the second quarter of 2025, including the following:
- Indonesia: The Indonesia Competition Commission (“KPPU”) continued active enforcement across a range of industries. Notable actions include imposing record fines for abuse of dominance in the technology sector, investigations in the machine maintenance, online lending, healthcare and construction sectors, as well as scrutiny of delayed merger notifications in the transportation and vehicle rental sectors. KPPU also granted a conditional approval of a share acquisition in the e-commerce industry.
- Singapore: The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (“CCS”) maintained its enforcement momentum, clearing two proposed acquisitions in the media and medical sectors. In parallel, CCS imposed a total of S$4.6 million in penalties in the construction industry in CCS’s second bid-rigging decision involving public sector tenders, underscoring its focus on taking a more active enforcement stance against businesses which are found to have engaged in anti-competitive conduct.
- Philippines: The Philippine Competition Commission approved a joint venture in the cold chain storage industry and three proposed acquisitions in the digital payments, aviation, and life insurance industries.
- Malaysia: The Malaysia Competition Commission (“MyCC”) issued a provisional finding against a price-fixing cartel and a warning to medical practitioner associations for potential anti-competitive agreements. MyCC also launched a public survey as part of is ongoing market review of the digital economy ecosystem.
- Thailand: The Trade Competition Commission of Thailand cleared two pre-merger applications and eight post-merger notifications in various industries. It is also investigating potential anti-competitive conduct in the construction industry and has published a ruling penalising importers and distributors of audio equipment.
- Vietnam: The Vietnam Competition Commission conditionally cleared one economic concentration in the transportation industry and another in the air transportation industry. It also granted two exemptions from prohibited anti-competitive agreements, and sanctioned a number of companies in the pharmaceutical and postal services industries for engaging in unfair competition.
For more, please click here for an overview of notable antitrust developments in South-east Asia during the period of April to June 2025. To see if there has been any enforcement activity in your sector in the second quarter of 2025, please refer to the overview chart here.
