Jakarta – Graft convict Mindo "Rosa" Rosalina Manulang is the first inmate of the Corruption Eradication Commission's new prison.
Rosa was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment for aiding Muhammad Nazaruddin, her former boss, in a scheme to rig the award of the contract to build the athletes' village for the Southeast Asian Games.
Rosa was previously placed in protective custody by the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK), following receipt of a death threat after she alleged that several high-profile figures were involved in the scandal.
The KPK detained Rosa in January, before she was scheduled to testify against Nazaruddin, after she asked investigators for protection because she felt unsafe at the Pondok Bambu detention center.
LPSK commissioner Lili Pintauli Siregar confirmed that Rosa had been moved. "Yes, she is now incarcerated in the KPK's jail," Lili said on Tuesday. "However, I do not know where exactly they put her."
Rosa was in good care as the detention block was also under supervision from the Law and Human Rights Ministry, she added.
Construction of the 80-square-meter detention block started early this year and included "sophisticated security systems" to ensure that those incarcerated in the facility remained incarcerated, according to the commission.
The KPK previously said that the prisoners and detainees in its charge would not receive any privileges in their cells.
