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| Agus Condro, the whistleblower in the Miranda Goeltom Bank Indonesia bribery scandal. (JG Photo/Safir Makki) |
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officials from Indonesian law enforcement institutions gathered at the Aryaduta
Hotel in Central Jakarta on Tuesday to sign an agreement granting protection to
whistle-blowers as an integral part in the fight against crime.
"This
agreement is a joint commitment of law enforcement institutions to provide
protection to whistle-blowers as justice collaborators," said Abdul Haris,
chairman of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK).
He was
joined at the signing by Supreme Court Chief Justice Harifin A. Tumpa, Judicial
Mafia Eradication Work Unit chief Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Coordinating Minister
for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, National Police Chief
Timur Pradopo, Justice and Human Rights minister Patrialis Akbar, Attorney
General Basrief Arief, and Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman
Busyro Muqoddas.
Protection
for whistle-blowers, Haris said, was important in revealing corruption and
other serious or organized crimes.
Judicial
Mafia Eradication Task Force secretary Denny Indrayana added that his team,
together with the LPSK, had pushed for a revision of the 2006 Law on Witness
and Victim Protection.
"Through
the joint agreement and international seminar we hope to have helped law
enforcement officials understand the issues and speed up the revision
process," Denny said.
It is
unclear if the new agreement would affect the sentencing of the whistle-blower
in the Miranda Goeltom Bank Indonesia bribery scandal.
The man who
went public with the case, Agus Condro Prayitno, a former lawmaker from the
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), is serving a 15-month jail
sentence for accepting a bribe in exchange for voting for Miranda as a Bank
Indonesia deputy governor in 2004.
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