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The Indonesian Military’s (TNI) expanded deployment of personnel to provide security protection for prosecutors nationwide has once again landed the institution in hot water for stoking fears of military intervention in the judicial realm.
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has arrested a social media “buzzer” on suspicion of impeding the investigation into three high-profile corruption cases relating to palm oil and sugar exports, as well as in the tin sector.
Journalists' associations have spoken out against the AGO's move to detain JakTV chief editor Tian Bahtiar for obstruction of justice in a bribery case, cautioning against setting a precedent that could threaten the constitutional right to freedom of speech and of the press.
The House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs are focusing on finishing the deliberation of Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) by the end of this year, before moving on to other law revisions, including those governing the Attorney General’s Office and the National Police.
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) accused Tian of receiving Rp 478 million (US$28,337) from two lawyers, Marcella Santoso and Junaedi Saibih, in exchange for orchestrating negative news reports aimed at undermining the AGO’s investigations into corruption at state-owned tin mining giant PT Timah and a sugar import graft case involving former trade minister Thomas Lembong.
Wilmar Group legal officer Muhammad Syafei allegedly provided the Rp 60 billion (US$3.56 million) that was later used to bribe the judges and a court clerk in exchange for the acquittal of three companies in a corruption case pertaining to crude palm oil (CPO) exports.
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has arrested three judges on suspicion of taking bribes in exchange for acquitting three major palm oil groups from corruption charges last month, expanding their investigation following the arrest of a court official over the weekend for the same allegation.
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) arrested over the weekend four suspects, including a district court head and a clerk, for alleged bribery in the acquittal of three companies for corruption involving crude palm oil exports a month ago.
