TVRI: A Losing Project

Thursday, November 10, 2005

THIS is the story of Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI), the oldest television station in the country. Last February, the TVRI workers union reported alleged corruption within the state-owned enterprise to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). They claim that the misuse of funds has caused TVRI to bear billions of rupiah in losses.

Last Thursday, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) presented a similar report to the KPK: allegedly there was inflation of prices in the procurement of equipment. Is it corruption that is causing TVRIwhich was extremely powerful during the New Order erato become ineffective and lackluster? The management of TVRI responded to all these accusations to Tempos investigative team. The following is the teams report.

. tempo : 173163239618.

THE complaint was sent to five institutions: the Office of the State Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, the KPK, the Office of the Minister of Communications & Information, the House of Representatives (DPR) and several non-government organizations. The informer was Nelwan Yus, head of TVRIs workers union. In his letter, Nelwan reported that there are indications of misuse of funds in the state enterprise. It is alleged that there are three me

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