Corruption

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

Foreign investment in large-scale mining has encountered serious obstacles

Online corruption talk in Banten can be vitriolic

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

The Galang Island refugee camp has a chequered history

The criminalisation of a whistleblower shows how corruption can entangle even participatory development programs

Sugar Group membiayai pemilu gubernur baru Lampung supaya dapat menjaminkan perpanjangan sewa tanah

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

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

Democratic institutions are increasingly burdened by the illicit transactions and collusive practices of politico-business elites

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

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

How can you be a straight cop when people just give you money?

Wealthy detainees pay to do their time in comfort

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

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

ELISABETH KRAMER speaks to independent anti-corruption activist Arifin Wardiyanto about his ‘extremist’ approach to fighting corruption

The much publicised ‘Bank Century’ case is unlikely to do any lasting damage to SBY

When Indonesia’ s National Police took on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over the Bank Century case, the KPK won