The proposed change was prompted by findings that bribery defendant Muhammad Nazaruddin was being visited by his brother, politician M. Nasir, and six others outside of official visiting hours
BANGKOK (TrustLaw) – Indonesia’s Law and Human Rights Ministry is mulling building a special prison for corruption convicts after a high-profile fraud inmate was discovered enjoying special treatment at a penitentiary, the Jakarta Post reported.
“We’ve decided to follow up efforts in improving our legal system by preparing a special penitentiary for those sentenced in corruption cases,” the Post quoted Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin as saying.
In a recent impromptu visit to the Cipinang Penitentiary, Deputy Law and Human Rights Minister Denny Indrayana discovered bribery defendant Muhammad Nazaruddin was being visited by his brother, politician M. Nasir, and six others outside of official visiting hours, the Jakarta Post said.
According to the Jakarta Globe, Amir also said at least three people have lost their jobs after the minister’s impromptu late-night inspection at the penitentiary, the special facility for people convicted for corruption, drugs and terrorism.
The warden of the penitentiary, the head of the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s Jakarta office and the office’s corrections unit head have been dismissed, Amir said.
In an effort to intensify jail supervision and monitoring, the ministry would add more surveillance cameras in penitentiaries in Jakarta and other big cities and wire the footage to the offices of the minister and deputy minister, he added.
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