Friday, April 27, 2007

RI Has Opportunities to Drag Corruptors from Singapore ???

Big Question, are Indonesian government has opportunities to drag corruptors from Singapore
and confiscate their assets following the signing of the extradition agreement between Indonesia and Singapore this week ?????

The extradition agreement was signed on Friday (April 27, 2007) in Bali under the presences of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Before there was extradition agreement, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono could only appeal to corruptors to return their money to Indonesia.

The road to the signing of the extradition agreement was wide open when in January 2005 the governments of both countries agreed to have a meeting at technical official level.

On the sidelines of APEC Ministerial Summit in Busan, South Korea, in 2005, Indonesia also 'urged' Singapore to realize the signing of the extradition agreement.

Separately, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirajuda exposed there were 42 crimes included in the extradition agreement. However, he declined to provide more details as the agreement had just been signed on April 27, 2007, at Tampak Siring Palace, Bali.

So far, Indonesia has established extradition partnership with Malaysia, China, South Korea, and Australia.

Corruptor fugitives currently suspected in Singapore are, among others, Sudjiono Timan (convicted to serve 15 years in prison in BPUI fund corruption case), Bambang Soetrisno (Central Bank Liquidity Aid/BLBI of Bank Surya case), and Agus Anwar (convicted in the case of Bank Pelita's BLBI worth IDR1.98 trillion corruption). Agus is even touted to have become a Singaporean citizen.

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