Prosecutors face probe in Probo case

Prosecutors face probe in Probo case

JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office (AGO) aims to end by early
next month an investigation into prosecutors of the Probosutedjo
graft case who allegedly received bribes from the defendant.

Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said so far only one
prosecutor, I Ketut Murtika, had been investigated.

"All (prosecutors) mentioned by Probosutedjo will be probed.
I will ask the deputy attorney general Achmad Lopa to investigate
the others, if possible before Lebaran," Abdul Rahman said on
Friday.

Probosutedjo, who is the half-brother of the country's former
authoritarian president Soeharto, claims he had disbursed some Rp
16 billion (about US$1.6 million) in funds through his lawyers
for his acquittal in a graft case, which centered on the abuse of
government reforestation funds. Some Rp 10 billion was allocated
for judges and prosecutors who handled the case at the district
and high court, while another Rp 6 billion was allocated for
Supreme Court judges and staff, he said. -- detik.com