Yusril faces another AGO questioning Tuesday

The former minister of justice and human rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra, a suspect in the alleged corruption involving a government website, will face another questioning of the Attorney General's Office (AGO).

Last week, Yusril complied with AGO summons for questioning, but refused to make any statements, saying he respected the AGO as an institution, but questioned the legality of Attorney General Hendarman Supandji’s posting, and his policies

He added that he was not willing to answer the AGO's questions because he was waiting for a decision from the Constitutional Court due on the review of  Law No. 11 of 2004 on the AGO.

Yusril Iand businessman Hartono Tanoesudibyo had been namedas suspects in the graft case, which allegedly took place from 2001, when Yusril was justice and human rights minister under Megawati Soekarnoputri.

The case centers on an online service initiated and owned by the Justice and Human Rights Ministry offering public services such as the issuance of notarized acts and the registration of permits.

The www.sisminbakum.com website was operated by PT Sarana Rekatama Dinamika (SRD), which is partly owned by Hartono.

A contract between the ministry and SRD stipulated that 90 percent of the profits from the online system's services would go to SRD, with the rest going to ministry officials.

The online service gathered an estimated Rp 420 billion from access fees between April 2001 and November 2008.

Preliminary findings show that Rp 379 billion of the fees went to SRD, Rp 18 billion to the ministry's employee cooperative, and another Rp 18 billion went to the director general of public legal administration, Romli Atmasasmita, and his successors, Zulkarnain Yunus and Syamsuddin Sinaga.