Budgets And Bribes

It took a whole minute for Ananta Purba to remember whether his institution ever received donations or assistance from the North Sumatra provincial government. This deputy secretary-general of the Batak Protestant Christian Church (GBKP) executive committee only recalled two specific instances. In 2010, the GBKP received Rp20 million in assistance. Then, in 2012, their church at Tebing Tinggi received Rp175 million. "After that, there was no more assistance," said Ananta last week.

August 4, 2015