THE news from the Attorney General’s Office came as no surprise, but it was a bitter pill to swallow. As expected, the AGO announced last week that prosecutor Cirus Sinaga had not committed any crime when he removed corruption and money laundering from the list of offenses on the charge sheet of Gayus Tambunan. It was bitter because the decision was clearly made in haste, as if it was driven by the desire to save a colleague.

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