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AGO claims performance in 2016 satisfying
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Deep talks -- Attorney General M. Prasetyo (left) talks to Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Agus Rahardjo during a meeting on the management of confiscated assets in Jakarta on Nov. 21. (Antara/M.Agung Rajasa)
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he Attorney General’s Office (AGO) says it is satisfied with its performance in 2016, during which it, among other things, contributed Rp 1.8 trillion (US$133.65 million) to the state’s non-tax revenue (PNBP) collected from fines imposed on defendants.
AGO Spokesperson Muhammad Rum said on Wednesday that the total amount collected was 952 percent higher than the initial target.
He added that his office had been firm in handling dodgy officers, citing a total of 167 people, including 93 prosecutors, who had received punishments ranging from reprimands to being fired.
(Read also: Corruption eradication yet to improve under Jokowi’s presidency)
Rum, however, declined to provide specific statistics that demonstrated the AGO’s achievement. "We don't have the percentage. Don't ask about the cases," he said.
In November, a report released by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) suggested that the AGO under Attorney General HM Prasetyo, who was officiated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in Nov. 2014, had recorded few achievements. The report cited the AGO’s sluggish progress in handling corruption cases and stubborn refusal to make an online database to display the progress of case is was handling.
The report shows that of 24 graft cases involving 79 suspects and Rp 1.5 trillion in state losses, only eight cases had been brought to the courts. (jun)
