Fire at Attorney General's Office Fuels Concerns over Corruption Case Dossiers in Indonesia

Another case is related to the recent escape of graft convict Joko Soegiarto Tjandra, also known as Djoko Tjandra, who was involved in the high-profile Bank Bali corruption case two decades ago.

He had been on the run for 11 years before he was arrested in Malaysia in July 2020. Before his arrest, prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari allegedly met with him when he was still on the run abroad.

Following a series of internal investigations, she was found violating ethics after going abroad nine times without permission in 2019.

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Recently, the AGO’s junior attorney for special crimes (Jampidsus) named Pinangki as a suspect in the alleged bribery case in connection with graft convict Djoko. She allegedly received about $500,000 in bribes. She has been detained and removed from her position. The matter is still under further investigation.

Allegations of extortion attempts in schools

Last month 63 principals of government junior high schools in Indragiri Hulu regency in Riau province resigned en masse. The school principals said that they were victims of extortion attempts involving representatives from the Indragiri Hulu prosecutor’s office non-governmental organization.

They resigned due to the undue pressure they were subjected to when managing the government-led school operational aid (BOS).

Following investigations, six officials from the prosecutor’s office were allegedly found abusing their power and accepting bribes.

However, only three of the six prosecutors have been named as suspects in the case by the AGO’s junior attorney for special crimes. They were allegedly extorting 650 million rupiahs ($44,300) from the school principals in 2019. The three prosecutors are currently detained in Jakarta. The matter is still under further investigation.

(Writer: Devina Halim | Editor: Bayu Galih)

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/08/24/09262111/3-perkara-besar-di-kejaksaan-agung-yang-menjadi-sorotan-saat-ini?page=all.