Lack a conscience?

Man: As state official... Do I lack honesty? Lack loyalty? Lack integrity? Come on, what else?

Woman: Lack a conscience?

The recent indictment of Evi Susanti, the second wife of North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho, has revealed a recurrent pattern of official's wives helping husbands launder ill-gotten gains by becoming second party beneficiaries to hide the whereabouts of dirty assets.

Kompas - July 29, 2015

Defamation

Politicians: Defamation

Police have leveled defamation charges against two members of the Judicial Commission (KY) – the government's court watchdog – at the behest of controversial judge Sarpin Rizaldi who notoriously ordered that corruption charges be dropped against 'fat bank account' national police chief nominee Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan. Police acted on the complaint after the KY recommended that Sarpin be suspended for ethical misconduct over the ruling.

Kompas - July 25, 2015

Political dynasties

Kid: Dad, will they become servants of the people, servants of power or... political party officials? (chair reads 'Dynasty')

The Constitutional Court has come under fire for revoking a provision in the regional elections (Pilkada) law intended to prevent the formation of political dynasties. Experts have long championed the restriction saying that through patronage, cronyism and bid-rigging, political dynasties have long been used to embezzle massive amounts of money from regional budgets.

Kompas - July 4, 2015

Aspiration fund

After failing to obtain state funding for the down payment on their private cars, members of the House of Representatives are pushing the government to include 20 billion rupiah (US$1.5 million) in 'aspiration funds' in next year's state budget – essentially a pork-barrel fund that will be distributed among all 560 representatives and used for any development project of their choosing with little or no independent oversight.

Kompas - July 1, 2015