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View all search resultsThe 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.
Judges are planning to stage what is expected to be the largest strike in the history of the courts next week to demand higher salaries and allowances, demands that are supported by the Judicial Commission and legal activists.
The commission has found evidence that the judges violated the code of ethics for acquitting Gregorius Ronald Tannur, a defendant accused of killing his girlfriend in East Java, following a probe into the trial and the case.
Members of the House of Representatives are planning to ask the Judicial Commission and the Supreme Court to investigate three judges at the Surabaya District Court in East Java over the controversial acquittal of the son of a lawmaker accused of killing his girlfriend last year.
Following mounting public criticism, the government has opposed a House proposal to revise the Constitutional Court Law with provisions that would require some justices to be evaluated by their appointing instutitions but not others.
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