Court hearings move online in Indonesia as fight against graft must go on. “Working from home takes on a whole new meaning in the fight against graft in Indonesia, with courts moving to the virtual world to hear corruption cases. The trials will also be live-streamed to make them accessible for the general public.”
A closer look at Kansai Electric and its gift-giving scandal. “At the center of the scandal is former Takahama Deputy Mayor Eiji Moriyama…[who] had served as a powerful local fixer between Kepco officials and Takahama businesses, giving cash and gifts to Kepco officials in exchange for kickbacks and giving contracts to construction-related firms with ties to Moriyama, which then paid Moriyama a consulting fee.”
Eric Johnston/The Japan Times: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/29/business/kansai-electric-gift-giving-scandal/#.XoHdc4hKg2w
Crisis of governance (Opinion). “The symptoms of the crisis are starkly clear and its roots lie in our history, social structure and ethos, and insatiable greed and corruption of the ruling elites.”
Sami Saeed/The News: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/635472-crisis-of-governance
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