Indonesia politician gets 14 years in jail for illegal permits, forest corruption

Acacia plantation in Riau Province, Indonesia. The former governor of Indonesia’s Riau province has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay almost $90,000 in fines for illegally issuing logging permits in Riau and bribes linked to construction projects for sports facilities. On Wednesday, the anti-corruption court in Pekanbaru found former Riau … Continue reading Indonesia politician gets 14 years in jail for illegal permits, forest corruption