(published by The Jakarta Post on 16 Aug 2011. Click here )
Muhammad Nazaruddin, a graft fugitive who arrived Saturday Aug. 13 from Colombia, South America, after being hunted by Interpol since May 23, is actually an ordinary graft suspect. He is very much the same as fugitive Nunun Nurbaeti, a suspect in a bribery case of the selection of a Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor in 2004.
As time goes on, where during her escape Nunun managed to evade the law and decided to be silent (and therefore successfully managed to fall off the media radar screen), Nazaruddin has contrarily become a unique fugitive who has not only made sensational headlines, but has also dragged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and important men in the Democratic Party (PD) into the chaotic situation.
Nazaruddin continuously interacted with the media via BlackBerry Messenger and actively launched accusations implicating several party elites in the graft scandal of the construction of the athlete’s do...
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