‘Govt getting soft on corruption’


THE government has been accused of being soft on corruption after the Law and Human Rights Ministry granted parole to nearly two dozen graft convicts this week, including a former public prosecutor who will walk free after just a year in prison despite an initial 10-year sentence.

On Tuesday, the ministry granted parole to 23 graft convicts, sparking outrage from anti-corruption activists and even the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) itself, which had conducted many of the probes that led to the convictions.

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