SYMPATHY FOR DETAINED ANTI-GRAFT BODY COMMISSIONERS RISING

Jakarta, Oct 31 (ANTARA) – How strongly the Indonesian people wish to see corruption in their country rooted out can perhaps be seen in the growing public sympathy for Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra Hamzah, two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chiefs, who have been detained by police on bribery and abuse of authority charges. 
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SPECULATONS ARISE ON POLICE MOTIVE IN ANTI-GRAFT DEPUTIES’ ARREST

Jakarta, Oct 30 (ANTARA) – The detention of suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputies Bibit Samat Riyanto and Chandra M Hamzah on Thursday has sparked speculations that police are trying to cover up a wire-tapped conversation which allegedly indicated a plot to fabricate a case that would bring down the two deputies and undermine the [...]

ICW, LAWMAKERS AT ODD OVER ANTI-GRAFT VALIDITY ISSUE

Jakarta, May 9 (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) says that lawmakers must have misinterpreted the law when they questioned the validity of decisions to be taken by the collective leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).   House’s Commission III for legal affairs in a meeting on Thursday with KPK asked the collective leadership [...]

INDONESIA SECURES RP9.3 TRILLION OF CORRUPTED ASSETS

Jakarta, Dec 10 (ANTARA) – Since it launched an anti-graft movement in 2004, the Indonesian government has succeeded in safeguarding at least Rp9.3 trillion in state money. Of the amount, about Rp5.4 trillion in the state assets have been recovered and have become legally binding based on court [...]

COURT TESTIMONY CONFIRMS CORRUPTION RIFE IN INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT

Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) – Testimony at a Corruption Court session on Monday that 52 legislators had received Rp100 billion in bribes from Bank Indonesia (BI) for the revision of a BI bill was big news by any standard. Yet, to many people the disclosure was not surprising at all because it only [...]