Indonesia Plans ‘Chance to Repent’ for Those Linked to Graft
- Prabowo says those who return stolen assets may be forgiven
- Minister of Cooperatives says he is assisting police probe
Prabowo Subianto
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto offered an unconventional deal to those accused of corruption: return stolen state assets — even quietly — and you may be forgiven.
Prabowo extended what he called a “chance to repent” to those who have pilfered state coffers. “To the corrupt, or those who feel they have stolen from the people, return what you’ve taken and perhaps we will forgive you,” he said in a speech on Wednesday to hundreds of students in Cairo during his visit to Egypt.