Former social affairs minister Juliari Batubara has been sentenced to 12 years in prison over a multi- million dollar Covid-19 graft scandal, the Jakarta Corruption Court ruled.
A judge said yesterday that the former politician was found “convincingly guilty of corruption” after receiving 32.4 billion rupiah (RM9.5mil) in kickbacks linked to the procurement of goods intended for Covid-19 social aid packages.
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