Singapore's K. Shanmugam, the minister of law and of home affairs, said the fugitive was arrested in January following a request from Indonesia in December. © AP
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Singapore is processing its first ever extradition request from neighbouring Indonesia for a businessman accused of corruption in a government project, the city-state's law ministry said on Monday.
Paulus Tannos has been implicated in a graft scandal involving the Indonesian government's electronic identification card project, which caused losses to the state of about 2.3 trillion rupiah ($140.72 million), reported news outlet the Jakarta Globe.