Resty Woro Yuniar Published: 9:30am, 27 Jan, 2022
Indonesia and Singapore signed a new extradition treaty on Tuesday that Jakarta hopes to use to repatriate corrupt Indonesians who have been hiding their ill-gotten gains in the city state.
An extradition treaty between the two countries was signed in 2007 under then-President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono but the Indonesian parliament refused to ratify it amid concerns over a defence cooperation agreement that had been negotiated in parallel. Lawmakers said the defence agreement, that would have allowed Singapore to hold military exercises on Indonesian territory, could compromise Indonesia’s sovereignty.