Whose Interest?

Initial interest-bearing deposits to pay for pilgrimage costs are being used for dubious purposes, including for travel expenses for House members.

June 23, 2010

FIRDAUS Ilyas had a wordy complaint. “The interest on the deposits is not clear. They are put with sukuk securities, but the calculations are unclear. What is the bank interest actually being used for?” he said in protest.

This Budget Monitoring and Analysis Coordinator at Indonesia Corruption Watch was uneasy about the use of funds for the haj pilgrimage to Mecca. He was looking at a photocopy of the Final Study Results on the Haj Implement

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