Corruption Journal: Bank Mandiri’s Credit Facility and Corruption in Kebumen

Entering the year 2018, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appear to be competing with one another. The two institutions have been very active in announcing the progress of their investigations. This week, the AGO announced that it had named three suspects in the suspected misuse the credit facility Bank Mandiri issued to PT Tirta Amarta Bottling (TAB). At the same time, the KPK announced that they had named the Regent of Kebumen as a suspect of corruption as a result of the development of their investigation following a sting operation conducted in 2016.

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