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88138
Fri, 11/06/2009 - 03:28
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FOREIGN MINISTRY READY TO HELP EFFORTS TO REPATRIATE ANGGORO
Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - The Foreign Affairs Ministry is ready to try to get businessman Anggoro Widjojo sent home from Singapore to undergo a legal process over his involvement in corruption, a ministry spokesman said.
Anggoro was suspected of having bribed state officials in the procurement of an Integrated Radio Communication System worth Rp180 billion for the forestry ministry.
But before the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) could arrest him, Anggoro had fled to Singapore from where he had apparently tried, through his brother Anggodo, to bribe KPK officials to stop investigating his case.
"We still don't have an extradition treaty with Singapore. However, we can use the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) system to bring Anggoro back to Indonesia," foreign affairs ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said here on Thursday.
Faizasyah said , under the MLA system, it was possible to get Anggoro sent back to Indonesia if the relevant authorities in Indonesia such as the National Police, Attorney General's Office or Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) sent a written request to the Singapore government.
"Anggoro's repatriation will need an official request from the relevant law enforcing agencies. The Foreign Affairs Ministry cannot do anything without those agencies' cooperation," said Faizasyah.
The KPK is known to have distributed Anggoro's photo abroad since the fugitive was suspected to be hiding in China and later in Singapore.
In fact, the KPK had also bugged the telephone of Anggoro's younger brother, Anggodo Widjojo, to keep track of his whereabouts.
KPK Chairman Tumpak H Pangabean during a meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission III had spoken about the difficulty of getting Anggoro Widjojo to return to Indonesia.
Indonesia and Singapore once held talks for the signing of an extradition treaty but they ended without success.
Anggoro Widjojo is director of PT Masaro Radiokom and was allegedly involved in a Rp180 billion corruption case handled by KPK. A report said he parted with around Rp5 billion in funds to bribe KPK leaders.
In the meantime, the KPK had recorded wiretapped conversations between Anggoro's brother, Anggodo, and several officials which were allegedly trying to bribe, frame and get rid of the two KPK leaders
Among the parties named in the phone conversations were the National Police's chief detective Susno Duadji, Vice Attorney General Abdul Hakim Ritonga and former junior attorney general for intelligence Wisnu Subroto. ***
Anggoro was suspected of having bribed state officials in the procurement of an Integrated Radio Communication System worth Rp180 billion for the forestry ministry.
But before the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) could arrest him, Anggoro had fled to Singapore from where he had apparently tried, through his brother Anggodo, to bribe KPK officials to stop investigating his case.
"We still don't have an extradition treaty with Singapore. However, we can use the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) system to bring Anggoro back to Indonesia," foreign affairs ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said here on Thursday.
Faizasyah said , under the MLA system, it was possible to get Anggoro sent back to Indonesia if the relevant authorities in Indonesia such as the National Police, Attorney General's Office or Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) sent a written request to the Singapore government.
"Anggoro's repatriation will need an official request from the relevant law enforcing agencies. The Foreign Affairs Ministry cannot do anything without those agencies' cooperation," said Faizasyah.
The KPK is known to have distributed Anggoro's photo abroad since the fugitive was suspected to be hiding in China and later in Singapore.
In fact, the KPK had also bugged the telephone of Anggoro's younger brother, Anggodo Widjojo, to keep track of his whereabouts.
KPK Chairman Tumpak H Pangabean during a meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission III had spoken about the difficulty of getting Anggoro Widjojo to return to Indonesia.
Indonesia and Singapore once held talks for the signing of an extradition treaty but they ended without success.
Anggoro Widjojo is director of PT Masaro Radiokom and was allegedly involved in a Rp180 billion corruption case handled by KPK. A report said he parted with around Rp5 billion in funds to bribe KPK leaders.
In the meantime, the KPK had recorded wiretapped conversations between Anggoro's brother, Anggodo, and several officials which were allegedly trying to bribe, frame and get rid of the two KPK leaders
Among the parties named in the phone conversations were the National Police's chief detective Susno Duadji, Vice Attorney General Abdul Hakim Ritonga and former junior attorney general for intelligence Wisnu Subroto. ***
