Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07JAKARTA2339
2007-08-27 04:09:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
FIGHTING CORRUPTION USING PRESIDENTIAL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002339
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, INL/C, EB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/27/2017
TAGS: PREL CVIS PGOV KCOR ID
SUBJECT: FIGHTING CORRUPTION USING PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 7750
REF: STATE 45499 (2004)
Classified By: Classified by DCM John Heffern for Reasons 1.4 (b and d)
.
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002339
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, INL/C, EB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/27/2017
TAGS: PREL CVIS PGOV KCOR ID
SUBJECT: FIGHTING CORRUPTION USING PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 7750
REF: STATE 45499 (2004)
Classified By: Classified by DCM John Heffern for Reasons 1.4 (b and d)
.
1. (SBU) Mission has established an interagency working
group to identify major Indonesian corruptors for possible
treatment under Presidential Proclamation 7750 (PP7750).
PP7750 allows the USG to revoke the U.S. visas of highly
corrupt public officials, their private sector enablers, and
their dependents in order to deny them safe-haven in the
United States.
2. (SBU) In its examination of how best to implement PP7750
in Indonesia's complex political and social environment, the
working group is focused on ensuring that use of the
mechanism will not produce negative unintended consequences
to U.S.-Indonesia relations. Informal conversations by
working group members with Indonesian officials indicate that
the GOI welcomes the judicious implementation of PP7750. To
this end, the group has focused on possible PP7750 cases
that, if successful, would be mutually beneficial to the USG
and GOI, including for example the individuals on the GOI
Attorney General's (AGO) own list of Indonesia's "most
corrupt."
3. (C) While we determined that all of the AGO's "most
corrupt" are ineligible for PP7750 treatment because most
have already been convicted of crimes of moral turpitude and
are therefore ineligible for a visa under INA
212(a)(2)(A)(1),our investigation into these individuals has
yielded the following tangible anti-corruption results:
-- Visa Revocation: We are in the process of revoking the
U.S. visa of Sudjiono Timan, a corruptor on the AGO list who
was sentenced to 15 years in jail on December 3, 2004, for
his connection to a $222.2 million corruption case. Timan,
who is currently a fugitive and thought to be in Singapore,
was issued a visa on October 19, 2004.
-- Consular Alerts: We have entered CLASS lookouts for
convicted and suspected high-level corruptors we investigated
for PP7750 treatment to prevent them from obtaining U.S.
visas in the future.
4. (SBU) Mission intends to continue investigating major
Indonesian corruptors for PP7750 treatment. Our early
experience with the PP7750 mechanism has provided valuable
insight into the requirements for its use and the importance
of interagency cooperation.
HUME
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, INL/C, EB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/27/2017
TAGS: PREL CVIS PGOV KCOR ID
SUBJECT: FIGHTING CORRUPTION USING PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION 7750
REF: STATE 45499 (2004)
Classified By: Classified by DCM John Heffern for Reasons 1.4 (b and d)
.
1. (SBU) Mission has established an interagency working
group to identify major Indonesian corruptors for possible
treatment under Presidential Proclamation 7750 (PP7750).
PP7750 allows the USG to revoke the U.S. visas of highly
corrupt public officials, their private sector enablers, and
their dependents in order to deny them safe-haven in the
United States.
2. (SBU) In its examination of how best to implement PP7750
in Indonesia's complex political and social environment, the
working group is focused on ensuring that use of the
mechanism will not produce negative unintended consequences
to U.S.-Indonesia relations. Informal conversations by
working group members with Indonesian officials indicate that
the GOI welcomes the judicious implementation of PP7750. To
this end, the group has focused on possible PP7750 cases
that, if successful, would be mutually beneficial to the USG
and GOI, including for example the individuals on the GOI
Attorney General's (AGO) own list of Indonesia's "most
corrupt."
3. (C) While we determined that all of the AGO's "most
corrupt" are ineligible for PP7750 treatment because most
have already been convicted of crimes of moral turpitude and
are therefore ineligible for a visa under INA
212(a)(2)(A)(1),our investigation into these individuals has
yielded the following tangible anti-corruption results:
-- Visa Revocation: We are in the process of revoking the
U.S. visa of Sudjiono Timan, a corruptor on the AGO list who
was sentenced to 15 years in jail on December 3, 2004, for
his connection to a $222.2 million corruption case. Timan,
who is currently a fugitive and thought to be in Singapore,
was issued a visa on October 19, 2004.
-- Consular Alerts: We have entered CLASS lookouts for
convicted and suspected high-level corruptors we investigated
for PP7750 treatment to prevent them from obtaining U.S.
visas in the future.
4. (SBU) Mission intends to continue investigating major
Indonesian corruptors for PP7750 treatment. Our early
experience with the PP7750 mechanism has provided valuable
insight into the requirements for its use and the importance
of interagency cooperation.
HUME