Reverse the Burden of Proof

The KPK must use its authority over the issue of officials’ assets reports. A regulation is needed to place the burden of proof on these officials.

February 24, 2010

LOOKING for donors who gave billions of rupiah is like looking for tigers on the island of Java. But this not so with Hadi Poernomo. He was the Director-General of Taxes for the five years up to April 2006. Hadi, who is now Chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), received a lot of “good fortune.” He accepted gifts of a brand-new Mercedes car, a Cherokee jeep, land worth Rp4.5 billion at Ciputat, land and buildings in Bekasi and apartments

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