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Jumat, 09 Desember 2005 |
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In the midst of the anticorruption campaign introduced by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his first year term of office, an incident occurred at the Supreme Court recently in which a lawyer and five staff members of the Supreme Court were involved in an attempt to bribe Supreme Court Chief Justice Bagir Manan. This scandal has proven again that judicial corruption is still rampant in Indonesia. |
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Jumat, 09 Desember 2005 |
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Frans Winarta's article on judicial corruption (The Jakarta Post, Oct. 31, 2005) lays much of the blame for the tragic state of the Indonesian judiciary precisely where it belongs -- with those in the legal profession who work to undermine the judicial system. |
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Jumat, 21 Oktober 2005 |
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Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) reported state-run television TVRI on Thursday to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in connection with allegations of markups that reportedly cost the taxpayer some Rp 7.2 billion (US$720,000). |
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Rabu, 12 Oktober 2005 |
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The task of the civil service is to implement the laws of the land. Too many of Indonesia's laws are not rooted in reality. They are unreasonable, unenforceable, irrelevant or otherwise obselete; they expect too much of Indonesia, too much of it's citizens and too much of those civil servants who are expected to bring what is written on paper to physical reality. Every impractical law, regulation or procedure is a rent seeking opportunity. |
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Rabu, 12 Oktober 2005 |
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Former president Soeharto's half-brother Probosutedjo admitted on Tuesday to giving his lawyer Rp 6 billion (US$600,000) to bribe the Supreme Court chief and other court officials dealing with his appeal against his graft conviction. |
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Rabu, 12 Oktober 2005 |
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The Kendari District Court sentenced 23 members of Kendari Legislative Council to 18 months in prison each for their involvement of corruption case which caused the state to suffer Rp 5.9 billion (US$590,000) in losses. |
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Kamis, 01 September 2005 |
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People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Hidayat Nur Wahid urged state prosecutors on Wednesday to ignore a request from a suspect in the Bank Indonesia liquidity support (BLBI) graft case to halt their investigation in exchange for the return of embezzled state monies. |
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Kamis, 01 September 2005 |
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The Attorney General's Office (AGO) arrested the founder and president of plantation company PT Torganda, Daulat L. Sitorus, for converting a protected forest into a plantation. |
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Senin, 01 Agustus 2005 |
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A Thai senator who champions the underprivileged, an Indonesian anti-corruption campaigner and an Indian cancer doctor are among this year's winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia's version of the Nobel Prize. |
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Written by ICW
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Jumat, 29 Juli 2005 |
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After wrapping up his Friday prayers with a hasty request for prosperity, Arman -- not his real name -- rushed to the canteen to meet his colleagues. |
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Senin, 09 Januari 2006 |
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In the two years since its establishment, the Corruption Eradication Commission has tended to concentrate on graft in state institutions, including regional administrations, instead of high-profile bank scandals like those involving the misuse of Bank Indonesia liquidity loans between 1997 and 1998, which caused Rp 144.5 trillion (US$15.05 billion) in state losses, or corruption cases involving former president Soeharto. |
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