Indonesia’s former culture and tourism minister detained on corruption charges

THE Indonesia Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained Jero Wacik, former minister of culture and tourism last night.

Local media reported that Wacik is being suspected of graft at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which he helmed between 2008 and 2011, causing the state to lose seven billion rupiah (US$539,000).

He is also being accused of extortion during his subsequent tenure at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources from 2011 to 2013, and is thought to have pocketed some Rp10 billion.

Wacik had submitted a pretrial motion against his graft status, but it was rejected by the South Jakarta Court last week.

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