Panca Nugraha, The Jakarta Post, Mataram | National | Fri, August 29 2008, 10:45 AM
Ervyn Kaffah criticized the prosecutor's decision. He said that the ban would not be effective in stopping graft. "It seems that the prosecutor tries to create an excuse by publishing the banning letter, since so far, they (the AGO) failed to complete the investigation. It's actually not easy for the suspects to go abroad," said Ervyn
Jakarta Post. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has issued a letter, asking the provincial prosecutors office to ban from traveling abroad the West Nusa Tenggara governor, Lalu Serinata, the Bima mayor, Nur Latif and three former members of the legislative council.
The travel bans on the five suspects are due to alleged involvement in graft cases now under investigation.
"The ban aims at preventing them from traveling abroad to escape from these cases. They have to follow some rules on questioning and investigations conducted by the prosecutor," said West Nusa Tenggara prosecutors office deputy head Abdul Wahab Hasibuan, on Thursday.
