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Muhammadiyah Calls for Death to Corrupters
April 12, 2010

Former Bank Indonesia deputy governor for monitoring and convicted corrupter Aulia Pohan appearing before the House of Representatives recently. If Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsudin has his way, state officials found guilty of graft in the future could be put to death. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) Former Bank Indonesia deputy governor for monitoring and convicted corrupter Aulia Pohan appearing before the House of Representatives recently. If Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsudin has his way, state officials found guilty of graft in the future could be put to death. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)
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Jeanne Hachette
7:43pm Apr 12, 2010

Indonesia may run out of law makers and civil servants pretty soon.

marko1
4:00pm Apr 12, 2010

we must assume the mafia is in all gov institutions so that they can cover for each other.... how else do they send thier children overseas to get an expensive education.......

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In a call likely to send chills down the spines of many politicians and bureaucrats, Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsudin has thrown his weight behind the idea of making corruption punishable by death to deter would-be corruptors.

“It seems that I agree with the idea to impose the death penalty on corruptors now that prison sentences have proven ineffective to give them shock therapy,” Din said at a function to mark the 100th anniversary of the country’s second largest Muslim organization at the Muhammadiyah University campus in Bekasi, West Java, over the weekend.

Describing the recent cases involving high-level corruption within the justice system as the tip of the iceberg, Din said: “Efforts to put an end to the mafia cases must continue for the benefit of the country’s common welfare in the future.”

“The increasing number of mafia cases found by law enforcement agencies is a sign that our bureaucratic reforms have not run well,” he said, referring to collusion between state officials and those accused of crimes, often arranged by case brokers.

“I am optimistic the death penalty will be applicable if people from all walks of life support it,” he said.

Constitutional Court Chairman Mahfud MD said in Palembang, South Sumatra, last Friday that he agreed with the idea of imposing the death penalty on corruptors.

The idea had actually existed for a long time but it seemed that some quarters still could not accept it, he said after speaking at a seminar at Sriwijaya University in Palembang.

Mahfud said if the idea was still unacceptable he would propose “a half death penalty” to further deter would-be corruptors.

Asked what he meant by “half death penalty,” Mahfud declined to elaborate.

He only said that state or government officials who had misused state money had to be dealt with firmly.

Antara