Asia News Network, 20 Mar 2009, Jarkata Post
Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono accused Singapore on Thursday of not signing an extradition pact with Indonesia out of fear it would be obliged to return money stashed away by corrupt fugitives who fled to the city state during the 1998-2001 financial crisis.
The Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA), also negotiated along with the extradition agreement, seems to have collapsed as well.
“They [agreements] are frozen,” he told The Jakarta Post.
“Singapore doesn’t want this extradition arrangement because it would have to return money from corrupt individuals who ran from Indonesia, along with the hot money it gets from other countries,” he said.
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