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Politics 1 year ago
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Prosecutors seek seven years for Thomas Lembong in sugar graft case
Attorney General’s Office (AGO) prosecutors demanded that the bench declare former trade minister Thomas Lembong guilty in a corruption case pertaining to sugar imports and sentence him to seven years behind bars.
Politics 1 year ago
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Judges in Surabaya murder acquittal sent to jail for bribery
Two judges each received a seven-year prison sentence, while the third judge received 10 years, for accepting bribes totaling Rp 4.6 billion (US$278,459) to acquit a former lawmaker’s son from all charges in a murder case in Surabaya, East Java.
Politics 1 year ago
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PDI-P politician denies leader’s involvement in Hasto’s bribery case
During a hearing for a case involving Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto, a phone call recording revealed that a party politician said the order to bribe former General Elections Commission (KPU) came from “ibu” (madam).
Politics 1 year ago
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Wilmar’s legal officer named suspect in palm oil bribery case
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.
Politics 1 year ago
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PDI-P’s Hasto hears bribery, obstruction of justice indictment
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors allege Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto was behind the bribery of a General Elections Commission (KPU) member and helped a fellow party member to evade the law.
Politics 1 year ago
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Harvey Moeis gets 6.5 years for graft, money laundering
The entrepreneur has been sentenced to 6.5 years behind bars, a Rp 1 billion fine or another six months in jail and Rp 210 billion in restitution for his role in the high-profile corruption case involving PT RBT and state tin giant PT Timah.
Politics 1 year ago
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Former prisoners testify on extortion at KPK detention center
Detainees at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detention center had to pay up to Rp 20 million a month or were forced to spend time in solitary confinement, according to court testimony from former prisoners.
Politics 2 years ago
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AGO indicts three for alleged Rp 300t losses in PT Timah graft case
The AGO has opened its trial on major corruption at state-owned tin miner PT Timah by indicting three former heads of the Bangka Belitung Islands energy agency for actions that allegedly cost the state US$18.5 billion in losses.
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