Corruption & Abuse of Power

September 2019

News/Indonesia
Detik News – September 13, 2019

Jakarta – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s approval of revisions to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law has disappointed many – from political observers to academics – who have voiced their disagreement with the planned revisions.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – September 9, 2019

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says there are currently four attempts being pursued to systematically weaken the eradication of corruption in Indonesia.

News/Indonesia
Detik News – September 8, 2019

Farih Maulana Sidik, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees used Car Free Day on Sunday September 8 to hold a long-march from the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle to the KPK building. The action was held to reject planned revisions to Law Number 30/2002 on the KPK (UU KPK).

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – September 5, 2019

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission Candidate Leadership Monitoring Coalition believes that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ignored public input by going ahead and submitting the 10 candidate leadership names proposed by the KPK leadership selection committee to the House of Representatives (DPR).

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – September 4, 2019

If you can, pick the clean ones. Don’t play favourites, show some real guts Mr...

Document reads: 10 Candidate KPK Leaders

August 2019

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – August 30, 2019

Jakarta – Hundreds of people and three command vehicles arrived on the grounds of the Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) Red-and-White building in Jakarta at 3 pm Friday August 30.

News/West Papua
Tempo – August 22, 2019

Iqbal Tawakal Lazuardi, Jakarta – Papuan students in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung feel hurt and angry after being given two boxes of alcohol by a police officer.

July 2019

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – July 29, 2019

Jakarta – A number of activists from the Civil Society Coalition suspect that the selection of leadership candidates for the Corruption Eradication Commission (capim KPK) for 2019-2023 which is currently underway is being manipulated by the government.

News/Indonesia
Tempo – July 17, 2019

Fira Prameswari, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Kurnia Ramadhana says that the Corruption Eradication Commission leadership selection committee or Pansel Capim KPK is not supporting the eradication of corruption.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – July 17, 2019

Jakarta – The lawyer representing senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan, Arif Maulana, believes that the Joint Fact Finding Team (TPGF) established by Indonesian police (Polri) chief General Tito Karnavian has totally failed to properly investigate the 2017 acid attack against his client.