JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities investigating corruption during the creation of an anti-graft monument and park project have named 18 civil servants and businessmen they suspect of misappropriation of public funds. “We suspect the project involved them working together. “Public servants deliberately falsified certain documents… so only one party could win.”The suspects, who have not been detained, face a number of charges, including corruption, falsifying documents, and breaking a law that prohibits public servants to be involved in tender projects. The brazen nature of the case has underlined the uphill struggle facing authorities trying to tackle corruption in the graft-plagued nation. Indonesia was ranked 90th out of 176 countries and territories in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index in 2016.

Source: Manila Times November 09, 2017 13:30 UTC