Supreme Court acquits graft convict

The Supreme Court has acquitted Yohanes Waworuntu, a convict in a graft case on online business registration at the Law and Human Rights Ministry.

Tribunnews.com reported on Monday that a press release sent by former minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra stated that Yohanes had been acquitted. Yusril was also implicated in the case.

Yohanes, the director of PT Sarana Rekatama Dinamika (SRD), previously received a five-year sentence and was ordered to pay a Rp 200 million fine by the lower court.

According to the release, Yohanes was acquitted after the acquittal of the ministry’s former director general for legal administration, Romli Atmasasmita, in the same case in December last year.

The case revolves around alleged graft in the creation and management of an online registration system established by the Law and Human Rights Ministry and PT SRD. The case allegedly caused Rp 420 billion (US$46.6 million) in state losses.