Cracking Down

Corrupt officials and businessmen who would get away with their crimes in Jakarta, are now receiving severe sentences from regional judges.

December 17, 2002

In a recent meeting with prominent figures of the House of Representatives (DPR) of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), President Megawati Sukarnoputri again expressed her disappointment over courts that acquit corrupt tycoons.

She focused on one case in particular: the dismissal of charges against Sudjiono Timan, former President Director of PT Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia (a state securities enterprise) at the end of

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