Blind to Corruption
President Megawati has banned officials from doing business, including her own businessman husband. But some officials seem to be doing business again the way they did in those `golden' Suharto years.
October 2, 2001
Treason, disintegration, revolution are cited as the great threats facing Indonesia. But increasingly overlooked in the hubbub is that good old Indonesian favorite, KKN—Indonesia-speak for corruption, collusion and nepotism. When the corrupt Suharto regime was brought to its knees by a sea of voices screaming for change in 1998, clean government was one of the top demands. And last week President Megawati Sukarnoputri again touched on t...