Ex-Jakarta governor Ahok blasts Indonesian state firms


Basuki, a political ally of President Joko Widodo, serves as the chief of Pertamina's board of commissioners, whose job is to supervise the board of directors. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Outspoken former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama -- popularly known by his Chinese nickname Ahok -- has used YouTube as a platform to lambast bad bureaucracy, rent-seeking and systematic inefficiency in Indonesia's state-owned companies.

Speaking on YouTube channel "Poin", which has more than 1 million subscribers, Basuki expressed his frustration over the management of state-owned oil company Pertamina for acquiring overseas oil fields on borrowed money while ignoring prospective businesses domestically.

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