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.