Sukamiskin-Where Corruptors Go Unpunished
Prison sentences have not deprived convicted corruptors of their freedom to live in comfort. They can still take trips, relax in rented homes and apartments, go to hospitals and even visit their hometowns. Ever since the Sukamiskin Correctional Facility was turned into a special prison for corruption inmates five years ago, numerous violations have occurred. The scheme involves inmates, guards and prison officials. This four-month investigation was a joint project between Tempo, Free Press Unlimited and the Tempo Institute.
February 7, 2017
An ambulance stopped at 6:30am on the southern side of the Gateway Apartments in Bandung, on the last Thursday of last December. A man, Anggoro Widjojo, 63, got out of the ambulance. He is a prison inmate serving time for a corruption case involving the procurement of an integrated radio communication system at the forestry ministry.
He walked towards the elevators inside the Emerald Tower, one of two buildings at the Gateway Apartments, carry
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