Safe, from Prying Eyes

The General Elections Commission has its own list of legislators' wealth, data submitted at the time they were candidates for elections. But it has refused to publish it.

September 11, 2001

Want to know how rich the fat cats among Indonesia's legislators were before they took their seats in Senayan? Just go to the General Elections Commission on Jalan Imam Bonjol, Central Jakarta, the body which ran the 1999 electionss and will run the next one in 2004. But don't necessarily be surprised if officials there refuse you access to the key files. Before the 1999 general elections, originally supposed to reform Indonesia's corrupt politi...

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