Secret Threats

Several provisions in the State Secrets Bill may threaten transparency and corruption eradication. Various circles propose its debate should be postponed.

September 8, 2009

A SHOWER of interruptions filled the meeting room of the Defense Commission in the House’s Nusantara II building on Wednesday last week. The Working Committee on the State Secrets Bill was discussing an article on information belonging to the category of state secrets in terms of the armament industry. Besides Defense Commission members, attending the debate were government delegates, among others from the Department of Defense. “Is it the te

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