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Double beds, aircon and big-screen TVs: Indonesia suspends officials over luxury prison cells
Indonesia’s prisons have long faced allegations that well-connected inmates can obtain preferential treatment through briberyFive Indonesian prison officials have been suspended after investigators found an apartment-style compound complete with airconditioners, big-screen televisions and expensive cars allegedly used by inmates at a prison near Jakarta.“We found strong indications that certain prisoners had access to special facilities unavailable to ordinary prisoners,” said Syafrida Rachmawati Rasahan, a member of Indonesia’s ombudsman, on Tuesday. “We encountered prisoners inside the resid...
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