corruption

Indonesian ex-minister gets 10 years of jail for US$900,000 corruption, spending state funds on lavish personal expenses

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Indonesian ex-minister gets 10 years of jail for US$900,000 corruption, spending state funds on lavish personal expenses

JAKARTA: An ex-minister has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for misappropriating more than 14.1 billion rupiah (US$900,000) of public money for his personal use.  On Thursday (Jul 11), former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo was found guilty by the Jakarta Corruption Court of spending public funds on personal expenses, including private jet … Read more

Indonesian law enforcers welcome extradition treaty with Singapore, say it helps fight corruption

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Hikmahanto Juwana, an international law professor from University of Indonesia noted that even before the treaty was signed by both countries, Singapore has repatriated a number of Indonesian fugitives. “But the process was slow because there was little legal umbrella to do so. It is based solely on Singapore’s close bilateral relationship with Indonesia,” he … Read more