Definition of corruption

Definition of corruption

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Andi Ghalib is acquitted from the allegation of having been bribed because his case has been orchestrated in such a way for this purpose. It still needs to be examined, however, whether he can be acquitted from the allegation of corruption. If it is true that the bank account is owned by the All Indonesia Wrestling Association (PGSI) and that people have donated money to PGSI, Andi Ghalib can be accused of having spent organizational funds for his private purposes, namely shopping and paying credit cards. Is this not corruption?

A friend from a state bank once said that a wife of a government official transferred some US$15 million abroad while the government official himself was the cause of much attention in the mass media at the time. According to him, many money transfers were conducted when Pak Harto stepped down and also when Andi Ghalib's account was made a public issue. If this friend is willing to act as a witness, will he not be accused of having contravened the banking secrecy law? This friend has also said that all money transfers abroad are executed and recorded at Bank Indonesia, even if they are made at private or state banks. This means that in order to investigate the financial dealings of the Cendana family, the government only need to check the records of Bank Indonesia (BI), rather than sending a team to Switzerland and Austria.

If BI in this case states that it is impossible for it to give any explanation, it will also mean that central banks in other countries will do the same. So, why should a team go to Switzerland and Austria? Clearly, the comedy played out by government officials is so funny that professional comedians now have serious rivals.

ACHMAD SABLIE

Jakarta