Indonesian ex-minister jailed 12 years in virus graft case


Juliari Batubara, Indonesia's ex-social affairs minister, outside a court in Jakarta where he was sentenced to 12 years jail for taking bribes linked to food aid for poor families hit by the pandemic. – AFP pic, August 23, 2021.

INDONESIA’S former social affairs minister was jailed 12 years today after being convicted of taking US$1.2 million in bribes linked to food aid for poor families hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

A Jakarta court handed out the stiff sentence to Juliari Batubara following his December arrest and a sting operation that turned up suitcases, backpacks and envelopes stuffed with cash.


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