Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is an extraordinary government law-enforcement body set up at the end of 2003 to fight corruption. (illustration)

Indonesian official gets 5 years for corruption

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesia's anti-graft court sentenced a former senior Health Ministry official to five years in jail for involvement in an embezzlement scandal involving the procurement of equipment to battle bird flu. Ratna Dewi Umar, the ministry's former director of medical services, was found guilty on Monday of marking up the cost of equipment purchased in 2007 for an...

The new Head of Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas), Johannes Widjonarko (file photo)

Rabu , 04 Sep 2013, 00:08 WIB

Kernel Oil blacklisted in Indonesia

The new Head of Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas), Johannes Widjonarko file photo)

Rabu , 28 Aug 2013, 02:01 WIB

Three deputy chairmen in SKK Migas replaced

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is an extraordinary government law-enforcement body set up at the end of 2003 to fight corruption. (illustration)

Kamis , 22 Aug 2013, 22:35 WIB

Another witness questioned in Bank Century case

   Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Andi Malaranggeng (file photo)

President to appoint new minister of sports soon

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Presidential Spokesman, Julian Aldrin Pasha, announced that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would soon appoint a new Minister of Youth and Sports. Former Minister, Andi Mallarangeng, left his office in early December after he was announced as a suspect of Hambalang graft case. "President will soon appoint new minister of youth and sports," Pasha said on Wednesday. He explained that...