Prominent corruption cases involving state officials

Prominent corruption cases involving state officials

1. Bank Indonesia State Liquidity Loan (BLBI) case Bank Indonesia Governor Sjachriel Sabirin was convicted of violating prudential banking principles by the Central Jakarta District Court that sentenced him to two years in jail. The Jakarta Provincial Court granted his appeal and cleared him of all charges, but the state prosecutors appealed the verdict.

2. Pertamina Case

Deputy People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Ginandjar Kartasasmita is charged with causing losses to state amounting US$23.4 million in a technical contract assistance when he was the minister of mines and energy between 1987 and 1992. Fellow suspects were Ginandjar's successor I.B. Sudjana and former state oil company Pertamina Faisal Abda'oe, who both have died. Investigation remains underway.

3. Bulog case

a. Akbar Tandjung, the chairman of Golkar Party and House of Representatives (DPR) speaker, was convicted by the Central Jakarta District Court of misappropriating Rp 54.6 billion belonging to State Logistics Agency (Bulog) to fund a food-for- the-poor program. The court sentenced him to three years in jail, but his appeal has helped him evade the jail term.

b. Rahardi Ramelan, former Bulog chief, was also convicted of abusing power in the disbursement of the Bulog fund channeled to Akbar. The South Jakarta District Court sentenced Rahardi to two years in jail, but like Akbar, escaped the prison as he appealed the verdict.

c. Former Bulog treasurer Ahmad Rukandar is another suspect in the case, but his trial has yet to begin.