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October 2010
September 2010
Man: Social justice for all Indonesians?
Widespread corruption, which pervades almost every aspect of Indonesian life, is estimated to cost the country’s economy around Rp50 trillion (US$5.6 billion) a year or around 1.4% of GDP annually, just over half the US$9 billion allocated to government poverty alleviation programs in 2010.
Police officer: Purely a criminal act!
Man: You forgot your magnifying glass Mr!
Pool of blood reads ‘violence’
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika: The national motto, Unity in Diversity
1st Man: Doesn’t it say there’s freedom of worship?
2nd Man: It only say’s it...
Refugee: Wow the new building design... it’s to house us right Mr?
From an opinion piece in the Jakarta daily Kompas titled ‘The House of Representatives and Eradicating Corruption’.
August 2010
Kid: Mr, don’t worry about the wealth report... there’s a special going on letters certifying good behaviour... and remissions!
Document on scale reads ‘Wealth Report’
Anti-graft activists say that whether it’s because of negligence or a malicious intent to hide something, it is unacceptable that more than 100 lawmakers have still not submitted their personal wealth reports to the Corruption Eradication Commission. The reports were due in December last year.
Traffic cop: Mooooney... a play on the words duit (money) and peluit (whistle)
Man: Those kind of whistle-blowers, they’ve been around for ages Mr!