It has been almost four years since we were exposed to the internal dispute between the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and their own prosecutor, i.e., the former Chief of Maluku High Prosecutors’ Office (Kajati Maluku) Chuck Suryosumpeno. Prosecutor Chuck was demoted in 2015 for allegedly embezzling the assets recovered from the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) case worth Rp1.9 trillion. Chuck fought back and filed several lawsuits. Unfortunately for Chuck, his fight ended with the Assembly of Cassation of the Supreme Court rejecting his petition. Chuck was thus sacked. In October 2018, the Supreme Court’s Assembly of Reconsideration miraculously ruled in favor of Chuck and ordered the AGO to reinstate him, but instead of following the order, the AGO named Chuck a suspect of the aforementioned case. Chuck was named a suspect with three other people—a prosecutor, a notary, and a businessman. Trials of the defendants ended three weeks ago but one defendant is still on the run and the AGO is chasing him.
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