Former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto and former Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi are among thousands of graft convicts who received remission from the Law and Human Rights Ministry as part of the country’s Independence Day celebrations.

Some 2,100 graft convicts had their sentences cut under the Independence Day remission program on Thursday. Sixteen of them walked free immediately.

Setya, a former Golkar Party chairman, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2018 for his role in the corruption case pertaining to the e-ID procurement, which reportedly caused Rp 2.3 trillion (US$150 million) in state losses. The court also ordered him to pay Rp 500 million in fines and $7.3 million in restitution.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Nina A. Loasana (The Jakarta Post)

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