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House meets with key witness in Yusril trial
JAKARTA: The House of Representatives Commission III on justice and human rights held a hearing Thursday with former Justice and Human Rights Ministry legal administration director-general Romli Artasasmita, a graft convict
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AKARTA: The House of Representatives Commission III on justice and human rights held a hearing Thursday with former Justice and Human Rights Ministry legal administration director-general Romli Artasasmita, a graft convict.
Commission deputy chairman Fahri Hamzah from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) said Romli had been invited to disclose all he knew about a recent graft case that has implicated former justice and human rights minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra.
The graft case centers around an online service initiated and owned by the Justice and Human Rights Ministry during Yusril's tenure in 2001. The website offered public services such as the issuance of notarized acts and the registration of permits.
Between April 2001 and November 2008, the service generated more than Rp 420 billion in access fees, which the prosecutors said should have gone to state coffers.
Yusril said the project did not constitute corruption because the state did not incur any losses. -JP
