{"id":17924,"date":"2020-12-06T11:15:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T16:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=17924"},"modified":"2020-12-06T11:15:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T16:15:22","slug":"indonesia-minister-accused-of-bribery-following-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/12\/06\/indonesia-minister-accused-of-bribery-following-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia minister accused of bribery following raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">Indonesia&#8217;s social affairs minister has been accused of taking bribes while arranging food aid for people affected by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Juliari Batubara is accused of taking cash from contractors supplying food aid parcels to people in need.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Anti-corruption agents discovered more than 14.5 billion rupiah ($1m; \u00a3760,000) stuffed into suitcases and other containers, and arrested four suspects during a raid on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Juliari turned himself in on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;The money was stored in seven suitcases, three backpacks, and in envelopes,&#8221; Firli Bahuri, chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission said in a news conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-54819898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indonesia falls into first recession in 22 years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-53900565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bali closed to foreign tourists until end of 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Agents said Mr Juliari was allegedly offered 10,000 rupiah ($0.71; \u00a30.53) in kickbacks per food parcel provided by two of the contractors, according to AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>If found guilty, he could face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of one billion rupiah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Firli said two of the suspects arrested were officials and the remaining two were private citizens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>President Joko Widodo said on Sunday that he had repeatedly warned ministers to avoid corruption and that he would not protect those who did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s the people&#8217;s money&#8230; it&#8217;s aid urgently needed to help during Covid-19 and for the economic recovery,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Indonesia, which relies heavily on tourism, has been hit hard by the pandemic. The government has rolled out aid programmes such as food packages to help those in need.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Authorities in the country have predicted that 3.5m people could lose their jobs due to the coronavirus downturn. Last month,\u00a0<a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-54819898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the country fell into its first recession in 22 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-55204061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Indonesia&#8217;s social affairs minister has been accused of taking bribes while arranging food aid for people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. 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