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