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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