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Smiling defendant: Former energy and mineral resources minister Jero Wacik smiles moments before a court session at the Jakarta Corruption Court recently
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Smiling defendant: Former energy and mineral resources minister Jero Wacik smiles moments before a court session at the Jakarta Corruption Court recently. The panel of judges handed down a four-year prison sentence after Jero was found guilty of causing Rp 5.7 billion (US$426,000) in state losses during his terms as tourism and culture minister and later as energy minister in Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonoâs administration.(JP/DON) (US$426,000) in state losses during his terms as tourism and culture minister and later as energy minister in Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonoâs administration.(JP/DON)
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span class="caption">Smiling defendant: Former energy and mineral resources minister Jero Wacik smiles moments before a court session at the Jakarta Corruption Court recently. The panel of judges handed down a four-year prison sentence after Jero was found guilty of causing Rp 5.7 billion (US$426,000) in state losses during his terms as tourism and culture minister and later as energy minister in Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration.(JP/DON)
Your comments on the four-year prison sentence handed down by the Jakarta Corruption Court to former energy and mineral resources minister Jero Wacik after he was found guilty of accepting bribes and misusing around Rp 5 billion (US$374,000):
Jero's prison sentence is very light, but he is well-connected. Any government official found guilty of embezzling state funds should receive a heavy sentence, be denied future involvement in politics and stripped of all perks related to their current or former jobs.
TG
Jero made a 'thank you' announcement after receiving the much lighter sentence. I am reminded of the saying, 'birds of a feather flock together.'
MA
Any judge who sentences a man like Jero to only four years in prison needs to be thoroughly investigated himself. Any vice president that appears in court to speak for such a person needs to be thoroughly
investigated, and any former president who writes a letter in support of such a person needs to be thoroughly investigated as well.
In Indonesia, the elite feel that people get what they deserve. Indonesia pays lip service to democracy but its people are failing to enforce it.
Surprised By Nothing
Jero is probably of the 'sharing' kind, sharing a bit here and a bit there. I am always amazed that Indonesia actually knows how to spell words like 'democracy', 'ethics', etc.
Yaudah
Key players in the tourist industry formed a negative opinion of Jero within weeks of him getting the tourism minister job.
He did such a poor job in tourism, how could he have ended up running oil and gas?
Why is there no public criticism of dull, corrupt, self-serving or just plain untalented government officials?
Evanjinbatam
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