Jakarta, Aug. 17 -- Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin, during the Independence Day commemoration, stated that corruption is the primary enemy of independence as it robs people of their rights and destroys public trust.

"There is no room for traitors of the law within the Prosecutor's Office. Uphold integrity, because once integrity collapses, the entire structure of trust will fall," he said in his address, as delivered by Acting Deputy Attorney General Asep N. Mulyana here on Sunday.

According to Burhanuddin's wrriten statement, the independence proclaimed 80 years ago was not an end, but the beginning of a great responsibility to safeguard the nation's sovereignty through civilized law enforcement.

He also stated that the establi...