Thursday, September 24, 2009

SBY names panel to recommend replacements for graft body

Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono formed a panel to recommend replacements for three leaders of the country's anti-graft body who were suspended after being named suspects in criminal cases
Yudhoyono suspended Antasari Azhar, chief of the CorruptionEradication Commission, or KPK, in May after police named him a suspect in a murder case. On Sept. 21, the president suspended
two of KPK's four deputies, Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Rianto, after they were charged with abusing their powers in issuing travel bans against two people being investigated for corruption.
The five-man panel, which has until Oct. 1 to make its recommendations, comprises Justice Minister Andi Mattalata, Adnan Buyung Nasution and Todung Mulya Lubis, both lawyers,
Taufiequrachman Ruki, a former KPK chief, and Widodo, Security Minister.

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