Everyone's on the take

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Kompas – July 23, 2011
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Everyone's on the take
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Rhino: I’m no longer a rare animal... lots of officials have faces like me!

Unlike Indonesia’s dwindling population of Java Rhinos – now down to an estimated 40 animals in the wild – the country’s thick-skinned and insensitive government officials are far from a dying breed, who on the rare occasions when they get caught stealing from the public purse are always ready to shed a few tears or plead lenience on the grounds that everyone else is on the take.

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