Indonesia KPK law / Philippines customs brokers / Myanmar business empire

Jokowi issues letter to begin revision of KPK law.  The Indonesian President has sent a letter to the House of Representatives to show his approval of a revision to the 2002 law on the Corruption Eradication Commission despite concerns from activists and academics that the proposed amendment would only weaken the antigraft body. The State Secretary declined to reveal the letter’s content, saying that the President himself would do it, but added that the government had revised the draft bill sent by the House.

Ghina Ghaliya and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano/The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/09/11/jokowi-issues-letter-to-begin-revision-of-kpk-law.html

 

Duterte wants to eliminate brokers from customs.  The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte proposed one solution to address rampant and persistent corruption in the Bureau of Customs (BOC): eliminate brokers from the system.

Pia Ranada/Rappler: https://www.rappler.com/nation/239821-duterte-wants-to-eliminate-brokers-from-customs

 

The ‘crony’ of Bagan builds a business empire.  “[Myo Min Oo] is believed to have benefitted from a close relationship with U Tay Za, chairman of the Htoo Group of Companies, who under military rule was regarded as one of Myanmar’s most notorious crony businessmen.”

Ye Mon/Frontier Myanmar: https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-crony-of-bagan-builds-a-business-empire