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Tag: Anti-Corruption Commission

People wear masks of  Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan's face to show their support for him after suffering a debilitating acid attack, Jakarta, February 22, 2018. Photo: Andalou Agency via AFP Forum/Eko Siswono Toyudho
Posted inIndonesia

Corrupt practices cripple Indonesia’s anti-graft body

by John McBeth June 1, 2021June 4, 2021

JAKARTA – Fifty-one senior members of Indonesia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) have been dismissed for failing a verbal civil service examination as part of their transition to employee status in bureaucracy, a move critics see as the latest bid to weaken the graft-fighting body. Sources familiar with the transition say it will give the national police vastly […]

Posted inIndonesia

Why clean hands turn corrupt in Indonesia

by John McBeth March 4, 2021March 7, 2021
Posted inAT Finance, Myanmar

Has Suu Kyi made Myanmar less corrupt?

by Thompson Chau February 11, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

End of an anti-corruption era in Indonesia

by John McBeth January 7, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesia teeters on edge of a student revolt

by John McBeth October 8, 2019February 18, 2020
People wear masks of  Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan's face to show their support for him after suffering a debilitating acid attack, Jakarta, February 22, 2018. Photo: Andalou Agency via AFP Forum/Eko Siswono Toyudho
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Dark days for Indonesia’s fearless graft busters

by John McBeth September 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Golkar’s standing slides as Indonesian election looms

by John McBeth March 1, 2019February 18, 2020
Indonesian police stand guard at the open-pit mine of PT Freeport's Grasberg copper and gold mine complex near Timika, in the eastern province of Papua, Indonesia. Photo: Antara Foto via Reuters /Muhammad Adimaja
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

World’s biggest gold mine nationalized in Indonesia

by John McBeth December 23, 2018February 18, 2020
An aerial view of Komodo National Park on eastern Indonesia's Padar Island. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, Guangzhou, Indonesia, Middle East, Oceania, Singapore, Tianjin, World

Moratorium shutters mines in east Indonesia

by John McBeth September 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Golkar Party leader Airlangga Hartarto playing music together. Photo: Facebook
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia

Are Widodo and Golkar headed for a pre-poll split?

by John McBeth September 21, 2018February 18, 2020
People wear masks of  Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan's face to show their support for him after suffering a debilitating acid attack, Jakarta, February 22, 2018. Photo: Andalou Agency via AFP Forum/Eko Siswono Toyudho
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, Singapore

Indonesia’s shameful blind eye to corruption

by John McBeth August 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, may be hiding in China. Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Singapore, World

How fugitive financier Jho Low stays above the law

by Nile Bowie July 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak (C) arrives for a court appearance at the Duta court complex in Kuala Lumpur on July 4, 2018.Najib, 64, was detained on July 3 as the government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad intensified a probe on corruption during his rule, including the alleged siphoning off of billions of dollars from state fund 1MDB. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan
Posted inAT Finance, China, Malaysia, Middle East

Najib arrested and charged in stunning fall from grace

by Nile Bowie July 4, 2018February 18, 2020
Policeman guard as former Indonesian parliament speaker Setya Novanto (C) attends court for his verdict in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East

Many more to fall in Indonesia’s e-KTP scam

by John McBeth April 30, 2018February 18, 2020
Indonesian journalists wearing masks observe World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 3, 2016. Photo: AFP Forum
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, World

Democracy takes a step back in Indonesia

by John McBeth March 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia arrives at a court in Dhaka on August 10, 2016. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP / Mehedi Hasan
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia, World

Bangladesh braces for key graft verdict, as elections loom

by Faisal Mahmud February 1, 2018February 18, 2020
Indonesia's former House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto in a wheelchair before a hearing on his corruption charge. Photo: Andalou via AFP/ Eko Siswono Toyudho
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Middle East, Oceania

Nobody safe in Indonesia’s ‘trial of the century’

by John McBeth December 14, 2017February 18, 2020
Indonesian parliament speaker Setya Novanto, is escorted from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building in Jakarta, Indonesia November 21, 2017. Photo: Antara Foto via Reuters/Wahyu Putro
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East

The man who knows too much in Indonesia

by John McBeth November 23, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesia’s Mr. Teflon finally in the dock

by John McBeth November 20, 2017February 18, 2020
The speaker of Indonesia's parliament Setya Novanto waves as he arrives at Corruption Eradication Commision building (KPK) in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 14, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.  Antara Foto/Hafidz Mubarak via REUTERS
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesia’s Mr Teflon goes free again

by John McBeth October 5, 2017February 18, 2020

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