52 prosecutors dismissed

52 prosecutors dismissed

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Fifty-two prosecutors have been
dismissed this month for misrepresenting cases that have gone to
trial, Attorney General M.A. Rachman said.

Rachman said that the dismissals were conducted in a bid to
wipe out prosecutors who were hindering the law enforcement
effort.

He said that the dismissals were also aimed at improving its
tarnished image in the community where the prosecutor's office is
considered the center of trial fixing.

"In a bid to improve our negative image, we have to deal with
corrupt prosecutors," Rachman said.

Disclosing that all the dismissed prosecutors did not include
those in North Sumatra, the attorney general said last week that
he had not been informed about any corrupt prosecutors in that
province.

Chairuman Harahap of the North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office
said there were reports of several prosecutors in North Sumatra
that were classified as not clean.

But they are under surveillance so it is unclear at which
level they are corrupt, Chairuman said. --JP