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Minister supports clemency for Antasari due to 'irregularities' in case
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Weirdness – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly said on Wednesday he supported the clemency to former KPK chief Antasari Azhar due to weirdness in murder case involving the KPK ex-boss. (Antara/Moch Asim)
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aw and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has expressed his support for granting clemency to former chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Antasari Azhar due to what he says are irregularities in his murder case.
“There is something behind his case,” said Yasonna at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday as reported by tribunnews.com.
He gave no further details.
Besides Yasonna, the Supreme Court also recommended that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo grant clemency to Antasari who was sentenced by the South Jakarta District Court to 18 years for masterminding the murder of Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, who was the president of a state-owned company at the time of his death.
(Read also: Jokowi grants clemency to former KPK chief)
Yasonna said he was only giving his recommendation and that granting the clemency remained the prerogative of the President.
Earlier, Yasonna said that he felt there was something mysterious behind Nasrudin’s murder.
“I said, in English, there is something smelly [in the case], something fishy,” Yasonna said in a gathering in South Tangerang in December last year to express appreciation for Antasari’s probation.
Antasari has repeatedly denied his involvement in the murder, saying “a big power” had manufactured the case against him. (jun)
