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Papua regent arrested for Rp 3b graft

Maybrat Regent Bernard Sagrim was detained for allegedly embezzling Rp 3 billion (US$260,439) from the 2009 West Papua grant fund worth Rp 15 billion

The Jakarta Post
Jayapura
Wed, May 7, 2014

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Papua regent arrested for Rp 3b graft

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aybrat Regent Bernard Sagrim was detained for allegedly embezzling Rp 3 billion (US$260,439) from the 2009 West Papua grant fund worth Rp 15 billion.

Papua Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Sulistyo Pudjo said Bernard committed the crime when he was interim Maybrat regent.

Bernard is being charged with violating the 1999 Law on corruption eradication and the 2002 law on money laundering with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

'€œWe also confiscated more than 1,000 receipts as evidence and questioned more than 30 witnesses, including three staffers allegedly involved in the case,'€ said Sulistyo.

Meanwhile, Bernard'€™s lawyer, Petrus Ohoitimur, claimed that the arrest was plagued with political motives. '€œMy client was sick, but he was forcibly taken from the hospital in Jakarta to Papua to undergo questioning,'€ said Petrus. '€œI will request a detention postponement,'€ Petrus added.

 

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