Corruption Remains Massive, What Next...

Kompas/Heru Sri Kumoro

Former Secretary of the Supreme Court, Nurhadi (vest) left the Corruption Eradication Commission Building, Jakarta, Tuesday (2/6/2020). Nurhadi and Rezky are suspects of bribery or gratification cases related to handling cases in the Supreme Court with a value of around Rp 46 billion. They were arrested after almost four months before they were wanted.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has released a study of the hitherto rampant corruption in the sector of forestry. This corruption inflicts financial losses on the state worth over 10 trillion rupiah annually.

The KPK conducted the research along with the UP4 Anti-Corruption Resources Center. The study has also revealed the poor supervision in the forestry sector, which results in the increasingly massive corruption in this sphere. It only serves to affirm the public suspicion that corruption is even more widespread and connected with the political system and the lack of commitment to eradicating graft.