Apr 27, 2024 Last Updated 1:12 AM, Apr 19, 2024

Corruption

The Jokowi-Luhut alliance

A business alliance forged in 2008 between Joko Widodo and Luhut Pandjaitan formed the basis for a major axis in his presidency

Review: Corruption and care in the age of good governance

Cyber mercenaries vs the KPK

Cyber troops spread disinformation to gain public support for the KPK Law revision

A whistleblowing culture

The assumption of the importance of financial reward has held back work to eradicate corruption in Indonesia

Resource nationalism as imperialism

A worker at a mining site points to the low-hanging clouds.
Foreign investment in large-scale mining has encountered serious obstacles

Digital citizenship

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Online corruption talk in Banten can be vitriolic

A parliamentary free-for-all

The DPR/MPR building
Indonesia’s political parties have lost control over the national budgeting process, as members of parliament prioritise their constituencies – and themselves.

Ugly sanctuary

The Galang Island refugee camp has a chequered history

The case of Gregorius Rato

Gregorius Rato - Irfan Kortschak
The criminalisation of a whistleblower shows how corruption can entangle even participatory development programs

Pemilu Lampung yang berlapis gula

Pemilu Lampung yang berlapis gula
Sugar Group membiayai pemilu gubernur baru Lampung supaya dapat menjaminkan perpanjangan sewa tanah

Lampung’s sugar-coated elections

Lampung’s sugar-coated elections
Sugar Group financed the election of Lampung’s new governor to secure the renewal of its land leases

Business and politics in Indonesia’s expanding palm oil sector

Anderson 1 Palm oil resize
Indonesia needs political reform, not just legal prosecution, to eradicate corruption in palm oil plantations

The business of politics in Indonesia

Warburton 1 Prabowo and Team at Senayan Rally Credit Liam Gammon
Democratic institutions are increasingly burdened by the illicit transactions and collusive practices of politico-business elites

Freedom of information

Freedom of information
The Freedom of Information Act has largely failed to make government institutions more transparent and accountable

Money politics

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The distribution of money, goods and other benefits is an integral part of electioneering in Indonesia

Ari’s audacity

Ari’s audacity
How can you be a straight cop when people just give you money?

Cashed-up in confinement

Cashed-up in confinement
Wealthy detainees pay to do their time in comfort

Coins for the KPK

Coins for the KPK
A public donation campaign shames the national legislature into supporting Indonesia’s premier anti-corruption agency

Review: Power politics

Review: Power politics
Jeffrey Winters’ Oligarchy is an epic work of comparative political insight but has little that is new to add to the study of Indonesia’s politics

Some people call me Robin Hood

Some people call me Robin Hood
ELISABETH KRAMER speaks to independent anti-corruption activist Arifin Wardiyanto about his ‘extremist’ approach to fighting corruption

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