Posted on 12/06/2020 4:41:34 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesia's social affairs minister was arrested Sunday for allegedly taking $1.2 million in bribes linked to food aid for those hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Juliari Batubara was named as a suspect after Indonesian anti-corruption agents seized suitcases, backpacks and envelopes stuffed with cash equivalent to $1.2 million in a sting operation on Saturday.
He turned himself in on Sunday at the anti-corruption agency's headquarters, becoming the second minister in President Joko Widodo's government to be arrested over alleged graft in recent weeks.
"That's the people's money... it's aid urgently needed to help during Covid-19 and for the national economic recovery," Widodo said after Batubara's arrest, vowing he would not protect any corrupt officials.
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Indonesia is a Muslim country. Are they going to cut off his hand?
I’m shocked that a politician would financially gain from Covid-19. Shocked, I say!
anti-corruption agency’s headquarters, sounds like something in our future, only those who are at the top can steal
It is the first thing they thought of.
Sort of like the line in the movie, “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.”
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