Indonesia’s communication minister arrested in corruption case
Al JazeeraIndonesia’s communication and information technology minister has been arrested in a corruption case related to a telecommunications project that resulted in a loss of more than $500m to the state exchequer. It is believed that the corruption case cost the state 8 trillion rupiahs, said Muhammad Yusuf Ateh, head of the development finance control at the prosecutor’s office. “Based on today’s investigation, we concluded there has been sufficient evidence that he was involved in a base transceiver stations corruption case,” said the AGO’s investigation director for extraordinary crimes, Kuntadi, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. According to global corruption watchdog Transparency International, Indonesia dropped four points on its corruption perception index last year to 110 out of 180 countries.
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