Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission in dire straits (Opinion). “Rivalry among judges in the Constitutional Court may lead to revocation of some minor parts of the new [Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)] law, but political control exercised over the KPK by Jokowi and Megawati’s ruling coalition will not be weakened in the current term. Control over the KPK only looks set to intensify as a feature of Indonesia’s intra-elite contestation.”
Jeremy Mulholland and Zainal Arifin Mochtar/East Asia Forum: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/03/16/indonesias-corruption-eradication-commission-in-dire-straits/
Corruption is deadlier than COVID-19 (Opinion). “That money could have also been used for vaccines against COVID-19, which has already killed more than 12,000 people…However, COVID-19 has several vaccines already being made available to boost people’s immunity. Unfortunately there is no vaccine for corruption, and thus it can be deadlier than COVID-19.”
Rufa Cagoco-Guiam/Inquirer: https://opinion.inquirer.net/138496/corruption-is-deadlier-than-covid-19
MACC nab oil and gas firm manager, wife over RM3.4m bribery, money laundering; cash used to buy luxury cars. “According to [a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission] source, the couple is suspected of accepting bribes from several contractors in exchange for oil pump construction projects from 2017 to 2019.”
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