Basuki's Big Beef Game
Patrialis Akbar was not the only person bribed by Basuki Hariman in order to support his beef importing business. It is suspected he bribed many government officials and institutions.
October 30, 2017
For 10 months, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been working on the case of Basuki Hariman, the owner of beef importer Sumber Laut Perkasa, for bribing Constitutional Court Chief Justice Patrialis Akbar. No one else has since been named as receiving bribes from Basuki, even though prosecutors in both of their cases mentioned suspected bribes flowing to officials at the Directorate-General of Customs.
When reading the charges against
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