US EditionIndonesia police name anti-graft agency chief as suspect in alleged extortion
- Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission chief Firli Bahuri has been named as a suspect in an extortion case involving the country's ministry of agriculture.
- The allegations against Bahuri include receiving gifts or gratuities and there is enough evidence to link him to corruption at the ministry. Former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo has also been detained in a separate corruption case.
- Despite the accusations, Bahuri denies any involvement in corruption, and the KPK deputy commissioner states that the agency's work remains unaffected.
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Indonesia's anti-graft chairman faces corruption case
Indonesia has named the chairman of its anti-graft commission as a suspect in a corruption case, according to police, in a setback to the reputation of an agency set up two decades ago after the fall of dictator Suharto. It is the first time the head of the country’s anti-corruption body has been accused of the crime it was created to police. Graft remains rampant in the archipelago nation, which ranked 110th out of 180 countries in Transparency…
Preşedintele comisiei anticorupţie din Indonezia este considerat suspect într-un caz de corupţie, a indicat joi poliţia indoneziană, fapt care subminează reputaţia agenţiei create în urmă cu două decenii, după căderea dictatorului Suharto, notează AFP.
Indonesian police names anti-graft chief as suspect in corruption case
Indonesia’s police have named the chief of the anti-graft commission as a suspect in a corruption case involving the former agricultural minister who was detained on graft charges, last month. The announcement by the police, late Wednesday (Nov 22) is being viewed as a setback for one of Indonesia’s most respected agencies, in a country where corruption continues to be rampant.
En Indonésie, le chef de l’anticorruption suspecté de corruption
A croire que l’expression populaire du serpent qui se mord la queue a été inventée pour ce genre d’affaires. Le président de la commission indonésienne anticorruption a été désigné comme suspect dans une affaire de corruption, a indiqué jeudi la police, s
Indonesian police names anti-corruption chief as suspect in extortion case
According to a post on the police website, Firli, a former inspector general of police, is suspected of extorting money from Syahrul Yasin Limpo, the former minister of agriculture who was arrested in connection with a corruption case last month
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