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Court dismisses justice, establishes disciplinary council following bribery case
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Constitutional Court justice and bribery suspect Patrialis Akbar gets into a car after being questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Jan. 27. Patrialis and three other suspects - Kamaludin and businessman Basuki Hariman and Ng Fenny - have been detained for their alleged roles in a bribery case. JP/ Dhoni Setiawan (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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he Constitutional Court has decided to establish a disciplinary council to probe alleged ethics violations by justice Patrialis Akbar, who was recently named a bribery suspect.
Court chief justice Arief Hidayat said the decision was based on a recommendation by the court’s ethics council.
“After a justices' meeting, we accept the council’s recommendation to establish Constitutional Court disciplinary council,” Arief announced at a press briefing at his office on Friday, adding that it had also been decided at the meeting to dismiss Patrialis as a judge at the court.
Arief added that the disciplinary council would comprise five individuals, namely court justice Anwar Usman, former court justice Achmad Sodiki, law expert Bagir Manan, former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief As’ad Said Ali and a Judicial Commission representative.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Patrialis, who was law and human rights minister during the president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration, and 10 other people on Wednesday in several places in Jakarta in a sting operation.
(Read also: KPK names MK justice Patrialis Akbar suspect in bribery case)
On Thursday, the KPK named Patrialis, a former member of the House of Representatives from the National Mandate Party, and three other people suspects.
Patrialis has been accused of accepting USS$200,000 from businessman Basuki Hariman in connection with a judicial review of Law no. 41/2014 on cattle and animal health by the court. (jun)
