Ginandjar Goes Free—Again
Because the case has expired, the Attorney General says he cannot continue the investigation into the “Balongan refinery case.” This means that Ginandjar Kartasasmita has escaped the clutches of the law over the corruption at the refinery construction project. The former Mining Minister had been accused of sharing responsibility for the project that resulted in the state losing US$200 billion. The case expired because the request from the AGO to Indonesian Military HQ to set up a legal interconnection team and question officers involved in legal cases was ignored. This saved Ginandjar.
August 12, 2008
GINANDJAR Kartasasmita received the good news from the Round Building of the Attorney General’s Office from Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Marwan Effendy. Marwan told reporters that the investigation into suspected corruption in the Pertamina Balongan Export Oriented Refinery (Exor) I project could not continue. “It has expired,” said the prosecutor, who has been in the job for five months.
Ginandjar, who is now Speaker of the
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