Indonesian anti-graft chief in hot water


No comment: Bahuri entering his car after responding to the summons at the KPK Anti-Corruption Education Center building in Jakarta. — Reuters

The government has named the chairman of its anti-graft commission as a suspect in a corruption case, according to police, in a setback to the reputation of an agency set up two decades ago after the fall of dictator Suharto.

It is the first time the head of the archipelago’s anti-corruption body has been accused of the crime it was created to police.

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