Afraid of the Bug

An effort to cut back the authority of the Corruption Eradication Commission has begun. It is felt that listening in on phone calls is a violation of privacy.

August 19, 2008

GAYUS Lumbuun, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR), gets angry every time he remembers a bugged telephone conversation of DPR member Al-Amin Nasution. In a conversation between Amin and Regional Secretary of Bintan Regency, Azirwan—before the two were arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Kuningan, Jakarta, in April—Amin had uttered the words: “[The one in] the white shirt is good.�

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