Fake Indonesian inmate exposes prison corruption
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JAKARTA—When Kasiem, a 55-year-old Indonesian woman, was condemned to seven months in prison she decided she would prefer not to serve the sentence. So she hired someone else to go to jail on her behalf.
Kasiem was convicted of selling government-subsidised fertilizer, a crime in Indonesia, but during her transfer to prison swapped places with Karni, a 50-year-old widow to whom she allegedly paid 10 million rupiah ($1,100).
It is the latest in a series of prison corruption scandals that have activists calling for deep reforms.
The case was uncovered last week when one of Kasiem’s neighbours went to visit her in jail only to be presented with the impostor..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110109com7.html
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