A Switch and a ‘Strong Hand’
The prosecution service is to appeal against a pretrial ruling ordering that Bengkulu Governor Agusrin finally be arraigned in court on corruption charges. The Corruption Eradication Commission says it is ready to step in.
November 17, 2010
BENGKULU Governor Agusrin Maryono Najamuddin appears full of self-confidence, despite facing the threat of prosecution on corruption charges. When questioned by reporters last Thursday about his alleged involvement in graft, he shrugged the matter off. “They’ve got nothing against me,” he confidently told Tempo.
In reality, Agusrin’s fate now hangs in the balance. After going nowhere in the hands of prosecutors for almost two years, two
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