INDONESIA. PROSECUTOR CLARIFIES DEATH PENALTY FOR GRAFT OFFENDERS

September 10, 2008: the death penalty can only be applied to criminals convicted of embezzling funds for natural disasters, riots and economic crises, Indonesia's Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes stated.
"Based on Article 2 Verse 1 of the Corruption Law, the death penalty is only for criminals convicted for misappropriating funds for natural disasters, riots and economic crises," Marwan Effendy said.
"So not all graft cases entail the death penalty," he added.
He was responding to mounting concern in Indonesia over why criminals convicted of corruption were not immediately put to death. (Sources: AKI/Jakarta Post, 10/09/2008)