Watchdogs' grim report says Indonesian anti-graft body has 'lost public trust'


Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri (centre) speaks during a press briefing on the arrest of former PT Dirgantara Indonesia president director Budi Santoso on June 12 at the KPK's Jakarta headquarters. - -Courtesy of KPK

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Two of the country's top corruption watchdogs have given the new leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) a red mark for performance in the first half of 2020, citing poor enforcement against special crimes and the many controversies embroiling the commission.

June marks the anti-graft body's sixth month under the leadership of chairman Comr Gen Firli Bahuri since the police general was installed in December 2019 by President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo.

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