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    4Aug, 2015
    Aceh District Head Named Suspect in Sabang Loading Dock Graft Case

    Jakarta. The Corruption Eradication Commission has named an Aceh district a suspect for his alleged involvement in a 2011 graft case surrounding a ship loading dock development project in Sabang.

    Officials from the anti-graft agency, better known as the KPK, charged Benermeriah district chief Ruslan Abdul Gani as part of an investigation that had also implicated graft convicts Heru Sulaksono and Ramadhan Ismy.

    “Investigators discovered two leading pieces of evidence that points to Ruslan’s involvement [in the case],” KPK acting deputy chairman Johan Budi said on Tuesday, as quoted by news portal CNNIndonesia.

    Ruslan, who in 2011 headed the Work Committee of the Free Trade Seaport Area Development (BPKS) in Sabang, allegedly inflated the budget of a loading dock construction project, subsequently incurring Rp 116 billion ($1.18 million) in state losses.

    He and Ramadhan stand accused of hiring state-owned contractor Nindya Karya  ̶  owned by Heru  ̶  without going through the proper auctioning process, Johan said.

    The project was never completed but Heru still received a full payment.

    Heru has been sentenced to nine years jail and ordered to Rp 12.6 billion in fines.

    Meanwhile, Ramadhan, who at that time served as Ruslan’s deputy for the BPKS, received a six-year prison sentence for corruption activities that lead to Rp 313 billion in state losses.

    The post Aceh District Head Named Suspect in Sabang Loading Dock Graft Case appeared first on The Jakarta Globe.

    4Aug, 2015
    Medan Drug Kingpins Get Life for Trafficking Pot

    Jakarta. A court in North Sumatra has sentenced two drug lords to life imprisonment for trafficking over 350 kilograms of marijuana.

    Presiding Judge J.H. Simanjuntak at the Medan State Court ruled on Tuesday that Robinson Tambunan, 49, and Yusri Iskandar, 32, were guilty of violating the 2009 Law on Narcotics for dealing a substantial amount of drugs, as news portal Detik.com reported.

    Prosecutor Maria immediately said she would appeal the verdict, while the two suspects remained silent.

    Police in Medan detained the two drug dealers last December in an arrest that also uncovered 11 boxes of marijuana weighing a total of 354 kilograms.

    Investigators named additional suspects during their investigation, including 19-year-old Sulaiman Daud, who has since been identified as one of the city’s biggest suppliers of illegal drugs to college students.

    However, Sulaiman escaped police custody while being transferred from court to a prison on July 7 and remains a fugitive. He had managed to break free from officers before jumping on the back of a waiting motorcycle.

    Four additional members of the drug ring  ̶  Anugerah Sani Wijaya, Khairul Abdi, Jufri Febrian, and Susry  ̶  have each been sentenced to eight months in prison.

    The post Medan Drug Kingpins Get Life for Trafficking Pot appeared first on The Jakarta Globe.