opinion piece published by Opinion Nigeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cNumbers are supposed to be the truth when it comes to corruption trials. In Indonesia, they too frequently tell a story that has been decided.\u201d<\/p>\n
Figures may be shaped to fit the case<\/p>\n
He says the amount of money the state is said to have lost is often unclear and not properly checked.<\/p>\n
In some cases, he argues, the figures may even be shaped to fit the prosecution\u2019s case.<\/p>\n
\u201cRather than evidence forming the case, the case forms the evidence,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Roka warns that wrong numbers can lead to harsher sentences, and defendants often can\u2019t check the data.<\/p>\n
Nordic difference<\/p>\n
Countries like Denmark and Finland are highlighted as examples of stricter legal standards<\/p>\n
In Denmark and Finland, courts don\u2019t just accept a number. Prosecutors must show exactly how much money was lost, and prove it with real documents and data.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir methods get tested and challenged,\u201d Roka says.<\/p>\n
Experts must explain their calculations in detail, and the defence can then challenge them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indonesia\u2019s Constitutional Court in Jakarta. Photo: Rey Yen Indonesia\u2019s way of calculating corruption losses \u2013 meaning how much…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5902,27,26,35770],"class_list":{"0":"post-65098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denmark","8":"tag-corruption","9":"tag-danmark","10":"tag-denmark","11":"tag-fransiscus-nanga-roka"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116440993996964884","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Indonesia\u2019s Constitutional Court in Jakarta. Photo: Rey Yen<\/p>\n