Monday, September 16, 2019

Indonesia KPK rundown / Sri Lanka presidential candidate / India Rolls Royce /

Is Indonesia's antigraft body in danger?  A rundown on Indonesia’s move to revise the law concerning its Corruption Eradication Commission which had been criticized by many as an attempt to weaken the independent body.

Devina Heriyanto/The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/09/11/indonesias-anti-graft-body-is-in-danger-only-jokowi-can-save-it-say-activists.html

 

Sri Lanka presidential frontrunner loses bid to get corruption case dismissed.  Sri Lanka's top court on rejected an appeal by presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa to dismiss corruption charges against him, in a possible blow to the frontrunner's candidacy.

Channel News Asia: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/sri-lanka-presidential-frontrunner-loses-bid-to-get-corruption-case-dismissed-11896914 

 

After CBI, Rolls Royce booked by ED for money laundering.  “After [India’s] Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now booked Rolls Royce, the luxury car and engine maker, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act over allegations of making illegitimate payments in the form of commissions in return for contracts from three state-run Indian companies.”

Munish Chandra Pandey/India Today: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rolls-royce-booked-by-ed-for-money-laundering-1596853-2019-09-08

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