JAKARTA: As the extradition treaty between Indonesia and Singapore is expected to be signed in Bali today, Indonesian corruption suspects currently residing in neighboring Singapore have begun hiring top lawyers as legal counselors, a lawmaker said Thursday.
"I've just received confirmation from a Singaporean parliament member from the country's ruling party that (the alleged corruptors) have hired lawyers in their efforts to safeguard their assets," Ade Daud Nasution, a House of Representatives foreign politics and defense affairs legislator, said as quoted by detik.com news portal.
Ade said he was fearful of the potential scenario in which the corruption cases would be tried on the island state.
"If this scenario is later proven to be true, (Indonesia) might have to forget (about getting) the money back," he said. -- JP
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