Defendants want charges dropped<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Harun Let Let and Tarcisius Walla, who have been
\naccused of graft, demanded charges against them be dropped
\nbecause the alleged crime took place before the enactment of Law
\nNo. 30\/2002 on corruption.<\/p>\n
Reading their exceptions separately at the corruption court on
\nMonday, the two said the law was not retroactive and that the
\nindictments made by the prosecutors were obscure, incomplete, and
\ninaccurately drafted.<\/p>\n
Let Let and Walla have been accused of involvement in a Rp
\n10.26 billion (US$1.1 million) corruption case connected to the
\ndevelopment of a port in Uf village in the Pulau Kei district of
\nSoutheast Maluku.<\/p>\n
Let Let was head of the finance division at the Directorate
\nGeneral of Sea Transportation, while Walla was the directorate's
\nsecretary. --Antara<\/p>\n
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Immigration officials meet at palace<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened on Monday a
\ntwo-day meeting of immigration officials at the State Palace.<\/p>\n
The meeting was attended by 240 officials from across the
\ncountry and abroad.<\/p>\n
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin said that
\nthe participants would discuss standardizing services at the
\noffice in a bid to improve its performance.<\/p>\n
The President said that the government considered the office
\nplayed an important and strategic and asked the officials to
\nimprove its performance.<\/p>\n
He also told them to set up an electronic immigration system
\nto reduce direct contact between customers and officials in a bid
\nto prevent possible corruption. -- JP<\/p>",
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