They were wrongly accused of misappropriating union funds for their personal use.
The supreme court, for example, accepted Mr Tandjung's argument that he should not be punished for misappropriating funds as a minister, since he apparently did so on the orders of the president of the day, his administrative superior.
The government charged him with misappropriating classified material, though he denied he had shared any secrets.
Also flagged was the "massive corruption", documented last year by the World Bank, which has created a governing class which has "become wealthy by misappropriating government funds".The letter's four authors conclude that there is "very little to show" in the way of roads, medical services, and education after nine years of self rule two of which have been as an independent state.
And it does not help that Mr Brooks faces trial in April for allegedly misappropriating money from two charities charges which he denies, and which his lawyer puts down to sloppy book-keeping rather than fraud.After 69 years the murderers of Moore's Ford Bridge are either dead or very old.
Alongside two former health ministers, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, who chairs the Senate health committee, was accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of misappropriating around N300m (US$2.6m) of public health funds.
In the end, Shamil Basayev, a rebel warlord, claimed responsibility for the assassination, implying that it was carried out on Mr Maskhadov's orders which he denies.Kadyrov's militia, known as the kadyrovtsy and controlled by his 27-year-old son Ramzan, have been accused of killing and kidnapping civilians, as well as misappropriating funds from Russia.
After a tearful statement in which he admitted "mistakes" but denied misappropriating funds, he unleashed a barrage of tweets.
Mr Guo, then at the central bank, told the official media this month that CCB had disciplined 40,000 employees and BoC at least 18,000 for misappropriating funds and making unauthorised loans.
In the first trial, which is due to open next week, Mr Botín is accused of misappropriating funds by giving severance packages totalling €164m $145mm) to two former executives of Banco Central Hispano Americano, which merged with Mr Botín's Banco Santander in 1999.
See articleJacques in a boxJacques Chirac, a former French president, went on trial for allegedly misappropriating public funds during his time as mayor of Paris.
