Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Philippines corruption cost / Indonesia corruption fighters / Pakistan asset recovery

P700 billion lost yearly due to corruption, says official.  The Philippines is losing around P700 billion (approx. US$13.3 billion), or around 20 percent of the country's total budget appropriation, yearly, due to corruption, an official said.

Ron Gagalac/ABS-CBN News: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/15/19/p700-billion-lost-yearly-due-to-corruption-says-official

 

Molotov cocktails and acid attacks: The risky life of an Indonesian corruption fighter (Interview).  “In an exclusive interview with the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, KPK Deputy Commissioner Laode Muhammad Syarif – one of the targets of the Molotov cocktail attack last January with chair Agus Rahardjo – says KPK staff face threats to their physical safety and that protection of commission staff is inadequate.”

James Massola, Karuni Rompies and Laode Muhammad Syarif/The Sydney Morning Herald:  https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/molotov-cocktails-and-acid-attacks-the-risky-life-of-an-indonesian-corruption-fighter-20190815-p52hku.html 

 

NAB recovers Rs326bn from corrupt elements.  “[Pakistan’s] National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has so far recovered Rs 326 billion (approx. US$ 2 billion) from the corrupt elements and deposited into the national exchequer which is a record achievement”

Fawad Maqsood/Business Recorder: https://www.brecorder.com/2019/08/17/518016/nab-recovers-rs326bn-from-corrupt-elements/ 

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