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Tycoon release taints SBY'€™s corruption eradication, says KPK

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesperson Johan Budi said the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s decision to give a conditional release to businesswoman Siti Hartati Murdaya, who was convicted of graft in a case involving former Buol regent Amran Batalipu, did not reflect the commitment to corruption eradication frequently sounded by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Mon, September 1, 2014

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Tycoon release taints SBY'€™s corruption eradication, says KPK

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orruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesperson Johan Budi said the Law and Human Rights Ministry'€™s decision to give a conditional release to businesswoman Siti Hartati Murdaya, who was convicted of graft in a case involving former Buol regent Amran Batalipu, did not reflect the commitment to corruption eradication frequently sounded by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

'€œThe conditional release is not in line with the spirit of corruption eradication that President Yudhoyono has continuously promoted,'€ Johan said as quoted by kompas.com in Jakarta on Monday.

Johan further said the KPK did not issue any recommendation on the extension of a conditional release for Hartati.

'€œThe KPK even sent a letter to the ministry to refuse the conditional release,'€ he said. Nevertheless, he added, the ministry had the full authority to decide on extending the conditional release for Hartati.

Earlier, the ministry said in a statement that the extension of a conditional release for Hartati would be in line with existing procedures. It was noted that since July 23, Hartati had served two thirds of her prison term and had not received any remissions.

Hartati, the president director of plantation companies PT Hardaya Inti Plantation and PT Cipta Cakra Murdaya, was found guilty in a Rp 3 billion (US$256,279) graft case involving Amran, centering on the arrangement of plantation permits. Hartati was first detained on Sept. 12, 2012.

On Feb. 4, 2013, the Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced Hartati to two years and eight months in prison and ordered her to pay Rp 150 million in fines or face an additional 3 months'€™ imprisonment.

In his state speech on Aug. 15, President Yudhoyono said that he would stand on the front line in terms of eradicating corruption in Indonesia. (alz/ebf)

 

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