Indonesian anti-graft body drops probe into BLBI scandal. Govt forms BLBI asset recovery task force


Syafruddin Arsyad Temenggung (left), former chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), talks to his lawyer Yusril Ihza Mahendra at a hearing during his trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court in 2018. - Antara

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): In its latest move to chart an alternative path to resolve the long-running Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) corruption scandal, the government has formed a task force by presidential decree recover trillions in state assets through civil litigation.

The establishment of the BLBI asset recovery task force comes after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was unable to continue pursuing criminal accountability for the suspects in its investigation.

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