Lokataru Foundation Executive Director one Haris Azhar, together with a researcher from Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) Kurnia Ramadhana, visited the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on January 27, 2020. Both requested transparency in the status of assets owned by Lee Darmawan Kertarahardja a.k.a Lee Tjin Kiat. Lee was one of the graft convicts of a corruption case uncovered in the early 90s. For one reason or another, the assets confiscated were only handed over by Bank Indonesia to the AGO’s Center for Asset Recovery (PPA) in 2016. Now, Haris and ICW approached the AGO on the suspicion that there is asset embezzlement. Hearing the name Lee Darmawan, of course, we immediately remember the case involving former senior Prosecutor Chuck Suryosumpeno. Chuck was demoted from his position in 2015 with similar allegations, embezzling assets while serving as head of the PPA. The case was too odd that we don’t know who to trust anymore. But Chuck received support from many parties, including from Haris. Chuck was finally found guilty of corruption last year.
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