Indonesia, Singapore sign extradition, airspace and defense agreements

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Indonesia and Singapore signed on Tuesday a bilateral extradition agreement, a move that Jakarta expects to help authorities in their effort to bring to justice people accused of stashing offshore billions of dollars in state money.

Senior cabinet ministers from both countries also signed bilateral agreements covering airspace and defense in a ceremony aired on Indonesia's State Secretariat YouTube channel.

"The extradition treaty will enhance cooperation and combating crime and send a clear, positive signal to investors," Prime Minister Lee said at the signing ceremony. "Therefore, the implementation of the criminal extradition agreement will create a deterrence effect for felonies in Indonesia and Singapore," the statement said.

The Indonesian ministry's statement also said the extradition agreement should help "effectively reach" those implicated by the BLBI investigation.

 

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