Indonesia has suspended a prison warden and four other officials after investigators found a compound of luxury apartment-style residences used by inmates at a penitentiary near Jakarta.
Rudi Setiawan, the inspector general of the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections, announced the suspensions on Tuesday, saying those removed were suspected of responsibility for what the Ombudsman uncovered at the Cibinong prison in Bogor.
“We have suspended five structural officials, including the Cibinong prison chief, who are suspected of being responsible for the incident uncovered by the Ombudsman,” Setiawan said, according to Al Jazeera.
Investigators from Indonesia’s Ombudsman, the government’s public-service watchdog, found more than 10 residential units standing apart from the prison’s regular cellblocks during a surprise inspection on September 23.
The units offered apartment-style rooms, a gym and a golf simulator, Channel News Asia reported. The Straits Times said some of the residences resembled homestays, terraced houses and villas.
Residences appeared to house inmates, officials said, according to the BBC.