Jakarta, Feb. 11 -- A full membership in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will grant Indonesia the authority to prosecute foreign officials linked to bribery cases.

Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra made this statement during a technical meeting on the Anti-Bribery Convention of the OECD in Jakarta on Monday (February 10).

In a statement received from his office on Tuesday, Mahendra noted that the convention requires member states to criminalize the involvement of foreign public officials in bribery cases and implement stronger prevention strategies and legal instruments.

He affirmed that the Indonesian government has been updating domestic regulations to ...