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Ex-Indonesian Minister Faces 11-Year Jail Term For Alleged Graft

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Prosecutors of the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission on Wednesday demanded an 11-year prison sentence for the country’s former Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara for alleged involvement in the bribery of COVID-19 social aid.

During a hearing at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court, the prosecutors also demanded that Batubara, a politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), paid a fine of 500 million rupiahs (about 34,500 U.S. dollars).

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His political right to run for office be revoked for four years after serving his punishment.

He allegedly received 32.4 billion rupiahs (about 2.2 million dollars) through his subordinates from a number of contractors supplying COVID-19 food aid packages to people in need.

Batubara resigned from his post shortly after his arrest and was replaced by Tri Rismaharini, a former mayor of the country’s second-largest city Surabaya. 

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