Camelia Pasandaran – A disgraced Indonesian politician from who was jailed for his role in a number of high-profile corruption scandals has allegedly been seen enjoying outings from prison.

The disclosure was made by a journalist at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday, who told Justice Minister Patrialis Akbar that he had seen Al Amin Nasution from the United Development Party (PPP) at an Islamic Boarding School in West Jakarta.

The journalist said he had seen Nasution on at least two occasions. It is unclear why a convict would be allowed near school children.

The former legislator was jailed for eight years for his involvement in a bribery scandal linked to the procurement of Global Positioning System devices for the Forestry Ministry in 2007.

He was also convicted in 2009 of involvement in the illegal conversion of a protected mangrove forest to pave the way for the construction of the Tanjung Api-Api seaport, as well as allegedly accepting Rp 2.2 billion in bribes in a similar forest-conversion case in the Riau Islands in 2008.

Patrialis said if the reports were true, the prison warden and prisoner would face sanctions. He admitted that Nasution had applied for parole, but it was yet to be granted.

He said Nasution would not be allowed to leave prison without a solid reason. Patrialis promised to investigate.