Yudhoyono: Restore the party’s image! Problematic members resign!
Kid: And if senior party officials are problematic?
Yudhoyono: Restore the party’s image! Problematic members resign!
Kid: And if senior party officials are problematic?
Man: In this republic where so much is unverified, counterfeiting is common place Mr... false pledges, false promises, false police, false license plates, false love... and... false teeth...
Advocates for local fishing communities say the government is turning a blind eye to illegal fish imports and ignoring a 2010 law on imported fishery products by failing to destroy illegally imported shipments, which are sold cheap on local markets by corrupt officials and are destroying the livelihoods of local fisherpeople, already struggling
Man: Good idea Mr! Don’t jail or impoverish corruptors... just hang them!
Woman: Why did he ask that it be at Monas?
Man: Because he’s a senior official (pe-tinggi, lit someone high up)
Man: Yes... but when are you going to give me some thought Mr?
Former Miss Indonesia Angelina Sondakh, a legislator from President Yudhoyono’s ruling Democrat Party and suspect in a high-profile corruption scandal, angered millions who watched her recent court testimony in the trial of former party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin when she insisted she knew nothing about a BlackBerry messenger conversation wit
Hand: Get the job finished...
Arm band reads: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Safe reads: Corruption cases.
Street signs read: Road with no end, Comedy St, Law & Justice St, Dead End St, Road to Hell, Malang Apple Rd, Washington Apple Rd, Politics St, Road to Heaven.
1st Man: One drop of indigo stains the whole cauldron of milk...
2nd Man: Or was the milk already damaged to begin with.
Yohan Wahyu – Most of the recent social upheavals have been triggered by a decline in public trust in the state. Public pessimism towards the government's performance has stimulated the emergence of several mass movements, from solidarity actions through to the social media and mass blockades.
Man: How dare they embezzle money so shamelessly!
Kid: Perhaps they’re high on drugs Dad! (alluding to a series of recent drug cases involving state officials)
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Workers’ Rights (KMSHB) has condemned Jakarta Military Commander Major General TNI Waris for being arrogant, anti-democratic and provocative.
1st Man: That’s the big boss, the chief and the big chief’s share
2nd Man: While our share’s a flood alert right (apel = alert or apple)
Arm band reads: Corruptor
The arrest of a juvenile who stole a pair of cheap sandals is only the latest in a series of cases where police have locked up children for petty crimes while rampant official corruption and theft of millions in public funds is often punished with just a slap on the wrist.
Man: Optimistic?
Flood waters read: Corruption, mafia, violence...
Arm: Mastermind behind BI deputy governor bribery case
More than a few eyebrows were raised when relatively unknown legal activist and lawyer Abraham Samad (pictured left) emerged as the country’s new anti-graft czar on Friday.