Indonesia Removes Deputy Minister Named in Graft Case
(Bloomberg) -Dendonezia’s President Prabowo Subuanto signed Immanuel Ebenezer’s decree as an assistant minister of manpower after he was named suspicious in a seating case, the first seating member of the cabinet participating in a fight against corruption.
State Secretary Prasetoo Come on late Friday, all legal procedures related to the case will work as it should be and the president will underline the intention of fighting against corruption.
At a press conference organized by Setyo Budiyanto, the President of the Anti-Grect Agency of Indonesia, at a press conference on Friday, he claimed that he had joined the parties looking for security certificates and looking for workplace security certificates. The agency, known as KPK, launched an investigation based on public complaint.
Budiyano claimed that the Deputy Minister had received 3 billion Rupia ($ 183,000) recoil because he joined in December 2024. He was caught with a dozen in a sting operation that started on Wednesday night. Ebenezer will be detained for 20 days for more research.
In the local media, Ebenezer rejected his participation in the extortion and said he hoped to buy Clemence from the President.
The incident will be a test for Prabowo, who says he could not tolerate corruption even among the great name politicians and allies at his annual national address last week. Ebenezer has previously led a Pro-Sabowo volunteer group and is currently a member of the President’s Gerindra party.
The problem was quickly echoed in Jakarta on Thursday, when the news about the Sting operation appeared. A deputy called the arrest of his arrest for the government. On social media, Indonesians repeated the controversial statements that told Ebenezer to “only abandon the country” to those who were not satisfied with the economy in the early this year.
“This is a heavy blow for us,” he said on Thursday.
D. Jakarta -based researcher Nicky Fahrizal at the Strategic and International Research Center praised the government’s efforts to clean up the ranks of the government. “The law is implemented without exception and deserves this loan,” he said.
However, investors will need to see structural reforms to convince corruption from the largest economy of Southeast Asia. “If you are the best people punished without a deeper reform, it will continue to be such cases,” he said.
(In the second and fifth paragraphs, it is updated with the comments of state secretary and Deputy Minister Ebenezer.)
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