Prabowo’s plan to pardon ‘corrupters’ raises eyebrows


A protester holds up a poster that reads “Fight the corruption to save the nation“ on Dec 18, 2024, during a protest in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission headquarters in Jakarta. - Antara

JAKARTA: President Prabowo Subianto has said he might pardon people who engaged in graft if they return what they stole to underline his commitment to tackling corruption; a plan that’s efficiency to recover state losses was immediately questioned by observers.

Speaking before hundreds of Indonesian university students in Cairo on Wednesday (Dec 18) during his visit to Egypt, Prabowo said he would implement a plan to retrieve ill-gotten gains in the coming weeks or months.

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