New Heads
Taking Aim at the KPKs Heart
The DPR has taken the initiative to revise the Law on the KPK. A number of significant articles are under threat of being revoked, as more legislators hope to further curtail the powers wielded by the anti-graft body.
December 7, 2011
Long before the public raised concerns over political interests possibly influencing an election to pick Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders, the House of Representatives (DPR) called for the curtailing of authoritative powers wielded by the anti-graft commission. The House sees the KPK as a super body with wide-ranging powers vulnerable to abuseranging from the ability to wiretap phone calls, conduct arrests, investigating cases to
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