He was acquitted of rape last year, but the National Prosecuting Authority, after years of investigation, could well charge him for corruption again.
Sick, reviled and in seclusion, former President Suharto of Indonesia faces a legal threat from the government, which said it would charge him for corruption in the amassing of illegal wealth.
Now it is said that the government is considering the possibility of bringing civil charges for corruption against him instead though given Mr Suharto's health any investigation would be purely symbolic.Mr Yudhoyono's ambivalence towards the dictator is symptomatic of a big flaw in his administration: a reluctance to give Indonesia a true culture of accountability.
Recently, the removal of two senior figures on the Nigerian Stock Exchange followed on from a warning by the country's market regulator, Arunma Oteh, that hundreds could face criminal charges for corruption.
Mr. Mubarak was charged with corruption for accepting a series of gifts valued at 18 million Egyptian pounds, about $2.6 million, from Al Ahram, the state-owned news organization.
Thaksin's wife, Pojamarn, was charged with corruption for purchasing land from a government agency in 2003.
Then in 1997 Bill Clinton's agriculture secretary, Alphonso MikeEspyspy, was charged with corruption for accepting, among other things, Tyson gifts of Dallas Cowboys play-off tickets and a scholarship for his girlfriend.
In fact, it happened several times this year: New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, previously charged with corruption only for the case to end in mistrial, won another six years in DC.
According to the Associated Press, Berlusconi is currently a defendant in three separate trials, one for sex with an underage woman, another for charges of corruption and a third for tax fraud.
California state senate president pro tem Darrell Steinberg has called news of the charges "surreal" and, just looking at Yee's Twitter feed, it's easy to see why: Yee, 65, is also charged with public corruption for allegedly accepting money in exchange for political favors.
