Settling corruption cases

Settling corruption cases

The government said in an official statement that there is no
proof that Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto used
state money for private purposes. Therefore, after a long process
which was supervised by Vice President Try Sutrisno, President
Soeharto decided to consider the case closed.

The public, which is prone to ask what actually lay behind the
disclosure of possible irregularities at the ministry, might be
confused by the statement which was given by Minister/State
Secretary Moerdiono. On the one hand, the minister said the case
involving Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto was
considered closed. On the other hand, however, he said that parts
of the report submitted by the inspector general of development
and investigated by the Vice President were true.

Aside from this case of suspected irregularities by Haryanto,
which is considered closed, the State Audit Board has uncovered
884 cases involving misuse of state money. The chairman of the
Golkar executive board, Harmoko, has already instructed the
Golkar faction in the House of Representatives to follow up the
board's findings. If these cases prove to be supported by solid
evidence, we of course hope that they will not be settled in the
same manner as the Haryanto case.

-- Bisnis Indonesia, Jakarta