Edition 108: Apr-Jun 2012

The many faces of corruption

Filling the void
Despite democratic advances, civil society still plays a key role in challenging corruption in the Reformation era
A double-edged sword
In Garut, Islamic symbols are used by people facing corruption charges and by those who want to see them convicted
The spirit army
The mobilisation of jins to protest against corruption reveals the fault lines in the Indonesian struggle for democracy
Sinetron and soap boxes
Indonesia’s media tends to focus on personalities and scandals in a dramatic search for heroes and villains in the ‘war’ against corruption