Broker – Fee – Budget – Welfare
Indonesia's burgeoning class of middlemen, ranging from lowly ticket scalpers to the big-game judicial mafia, has welcomed another rapacious entry to its ranks: regional budget brokers, who are believed to have embezzled billions of rupiah in recent years by colluded with legislators and government officials to manipulate budget allocations in favor of regional administrations that promise the highest kickbacks.
Kompas - October 13, 2010