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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Outgoing Indonesian top judge denies graft AFP - Saturday, November 1 JAKARTA (AFP) - - The outgoing chief of Indonesia's Supreme Court Friday denied corruption was rife at the highest level of the country's judicial system, despite a slew of disputed decisions and graft allegations. Bagir Manan, 67, retired from the nation's top judicial post after a seven-year stint amid two ongoing cases into bribes and embezzlement involving court officials. The powerful Corruption Eradication Commission in June launched an investigation into the alleged embezzlement of court fees. The probe included the examination of a personal bank account belonging to Manan. Manan has also reportedly been named in a court case as the intended recipient of bribes that were allegedly handed to court staff in 2005 by businessman Probosutedjo, a step brother of former dictator Suharto. "Those accusations that I have received bribes don't make sense at all and no one has ever proven that I've taken a bribe," Manan told foreign journalists at a meeting to mark his retirement. "In the Supreme Court, up to this day not... a single one of my judges has been put on trial." Indonesia's Supreme Court is widely seen as tangled up in the institutionalised corruption that is rife throughout country's the court system. It has been criticised for a series of baffling decisions. In 2007 the court awarded 100 million dollars in libel damages to former dictator Suharto over a Time magazine article alleging massive corruption. That decision is being appealed. It also cut to 10 years an initial 15-year sentence handed in 2002 to Suharto's playboy youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, for a range of crimes including the murder of a Supreme Court judge. However, Manan said the Supreme Court had been leading the charge in reforming Indonesia's judiciary and was cleaning up the murky practices of the lower courts. Judges and court staff have been given extra training and increased salaries, while those found to have broken the law have been severely punished, he said. "It's hard for me to say it, but there are a lot of corrupt judges, that can be established. But we're not closed to the possibility that bribery happens at the lower courts, bribery happens in the appeals courts," Manan said. Indonesia is ranked as the world's 126th most corrupt country on Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, on a level pegging with countries including Uganda, Libya and Ethiopia. The group's local chapter ranks the judiciary as one of the most corrupt institutions in the country. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Indonesia Bali bombers await firing squads as Indonesia stands guardAFP - 1 hour 31 minutes ago Security tight ahead of Bali bombing executionsAP - Sunday, November 2 Family defiant as Indonesia awaits bombers' executionAFP - Saturday, November 1 Indonesian landslide kills 25AFP - Saturday, November 1 Related Articles: Asia Pacific Taiwan says no violence during China envoy visitAP - 36 minutes ago Brother of Afghan minister kidnapped in PakistanAP - 40 minutes ago NKorea releases new photos of leader Kim Jong IlAP - 47 minutes ago At least 22 dead in Vietnam floodsAFP - 54 minutes ago Thai man shot after row with anti-govt protesters: policeAFP - 1 hour 13 minutes ago Related Full Coverage Suharto Former Indonesian president All Full Coverage Most Popular – Asia Pacific Viewed US presidential race enters final weekend Consumers curb spending, deepening recession fears Australian F1 race posts record financial loss Millions remember Philippine dead When men see red, they see hot: study View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology

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