Indonesian Anti-graft Watchdogs to be Ousted Over President’s Objections
Suspect test used as pretext to get rid of KPK’s most effective sleuths
Indonesian President Joko Widodo appears to have failed to save the jobs of 51 employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), an indication of the power of anti-sleaze forces in the country in seeking to emasculate the fabled watchdog agency.
The 75 dismissed employees, who include some of the agency’s most celebrated investigators, were order…
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