Corruption & Abuse of Power

April 2025

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – April 16, 2025

Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named three judges as suspects in a bribery case involving the handling of crude palm oil (CPO) exports, showing that there is still a judicial mafia in Indonesia.

March 2025

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas.id – March 16, 2025

Terong 1 (eggplant): It said Selak premium, but actually it's really sharp

Terong 2: It said sweet California pineapple, but actually it's really sour

Terong 1: Consumers are being ripped off

Terong 2: Where did you learn this from?

Terong 3: From the Minyakita case

Terong 4: From the Pertalite-Pertamax case

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas.id – March 5, 2025

Terong (Eggplant): We will eradicate corruption!!!

Rats: Hooray!!!

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas.id – March 2, 2025

Terong (Eggplant): I'd like to be a doctor!!! A cool title but one that can now be bought. Wage payments also tend to get delayed...

Terong: Or, become a legislator, a real representative of the people!!! They say the income compared to the ordinary people is like the sky...

February 2025

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – February 11, 2025

Jakarta – Transparency International Indonesia (TII) says that the three point increase in Indonesia's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) score from 34 to 37 does not mean anything significant.

News/Indonesia
Tempo – February 4, 2025

Salsabilla Azzahra Octavia, S. Dian Andryanto, Jakarta – Politics and Government Department (DPP) lecturer Alfath Bagus Panuntun El Nur Indonesia from the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol) has observed that President Prabowo Subianto has applied a fake hero

January 2025

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – January 23, 2025

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) is of the view that the work of eradicating corruption will face a very steep and uphill road.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – January 13, 2025

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has reported the alleged doxing of ICW researcher Diky Anandya to the National Police (Polri) Criminal Investigations Directorate (Bareskrim) Cyber Crimes Unit.

Statements/Indonesia
YLBHI Statement – January 3, 2025

At the close of 2024, a non-profit organization called the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) released a list of nominations of people who were considered to have contributed greatly to worsening organised crime and corruption.

December 2024

Analysis/Indonesia
Kompas.com – December 27, 2024

Fika Nurul Ulya, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) Political Studies Centre (Puskapol) Director Hurriyah believes there is a hidden agenda by the political elite who are proposing changing the election of regional heads (Pilkada) from a direc