Corruption-tainted Breakthrough
The Attorney General’s Office is probing a case of alleged corruption in an online public service project of the Department of Justice & Human Rights. Former director general Zulkarnain Yunus and present director general Syamsuddin Manan Sinaga are named as suspects.
October 28, 2008
THE news took Romli Atmasasmita by surprise. Two weeks ago, when the professor of Padjadjaran University, Bandung, was in Korea, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, his former superior in the Department of Justice & Human Rights, phoned him. After asking how Romli was getting along, Yusril got to the point. He was conveying an important message. “I’m concerned about your likely status of suspect,” said Yusril to Romli.
Yusril’s news passed on from ho
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