The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua, March 07 2016
Graft convict Labora Sitorus was flown to Jakarta from Dominique Edward Osok Airport in Sorong, West Papua, on Monday.
Having been sentenced to15 years for illegal logging and money laundering in 2014, the former Raja Ampat Police officer will serve his sentence at Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta.
As earlier reported, Labora became a fugitive from the West Papua Police and the Law and Human Rights Ministry after he fled from his home on Jl.Tampa Garam, Sorong, West Papua, on Friday. Labora escaped as security authorities were about to transfer him to the Cipinang prison from the Class II-B Sorong Penitentiary, where he was serving his sentence.
A joint security team comprising 623 military and police personnel were deployed for Labora’s transfer on Friday. However, the convicted cop managed to escape shortly before the security forces arrived at his home, which also functioned as a wood-processing factory owned by his timber company, PT Rotua, on Jl.Tampa Garam.
Labora hid for three days until earlier on Monday, he came on an ojek (motorcycle taxi) to the police to surrender. “He went himself on an ojek and he surrendered,” Sorong Penitentiary warden Maliki Hasan said.
Labora underwent questioning where he confessed that after he escaped on Friday he hid in two different places, one of which was in Boweser village, Sorong, to avoid arrest.
Labora was taken to court in 2014 after the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) detected his suspicious bank account worth Rp 1.5 trillion (US$114.81 million), which led to his 15-year sentence and fines of Rp 5 billion.
( Oopsey! Yup, the birdie flew, but straight into the net) siK.
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ma 7 maa 2016 - 22:36