Corruption & Abuse of Power

September 2024

Cartoons/West Papua
Kompas.id – September 2, 2024

[From an oped piece in Kompas.id by Cenderawasih University anthropologist and Papua Research and Community service Foundation (LP2M-Papua) Chairperson Agust Wenehen titled "Natural Resource Corruption in Papua".]

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – September 2, 2024

Yogyakarta – A number of activists in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta have demanded and urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to immediately summon and question President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's youngest son Kaesang Pangarep.

July 2024

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – July 29, 2024

Syakirun Ni'am, Icha Rastika, Jakarta – A Kompas Research and Development (Litbang Kompas) survey has revealed that 61.3 percent of respondents say they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for the period 2019-2024.

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – July 2, 2024

Syakirun Ni'am, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says that qualified figures wishing to become candidates for the leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (Capim KPK) still feel traumatized by the events of 2019.

May 2024

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – May 19, 2024

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) recorded 791 corruption cases in Indonesia throughout 2023, involving 1,695 suspects.

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – May 12, 2024

Fabian Januarius Kuwado, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) believes that the composition of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Candidate Leader Selection Committee (Pansel Capim KPK), which is made up of five government and four community representatives, is not ideal.

April 2024

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – April 24, 2024

Yogyakarta – Scores of people from an alliance of several civil society groups held a protest action in front of the General Elections Commission (KPU) offices in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Wednesday April 24.

News/Indonesia
Era.id – April 23, 2024

The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) believes that the Constitutional Court has failed to safeguard the sovereignty of the people and the Indonesian Constitution.

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – April 19, 2024

Abdul Haris Maulana, Jakarta – Supporters of the winning presidential and vice presidential ticket number 2, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka, also held an action in the Horse Statue area of Gambir, Central Jakarta, on Friday April 19.

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – April 19, 2024

Diamanty Meiliana, Jakarta – The Islamic Brotherhood Front (FPI), the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212) and the National Movement to Safeguard the Fatwas of the Ulema (GNPF Ulama) fully support the Constitutional Court uncover