What would you like to be when you grow up? A six year old girl replied;"corrupt official" and she added; "because corrupt officials have a lot of things." She quickly became the media darling in China. In Alaska its former governor Sarah Palin had faced power abuse allegation for firing the state’s public safety commissioner because he would not get rid of a state trooper who had gone through a bitter divorce with the governor’s sister (Judicial Watch).
In 2001 the New York Daily News ran a series on guardianship abuse, aptly entitled "Milking the Helpless," which began with this headline: "Attorneys are siphoning off millions from the elderly they have sworn to protect." May 20, 2001, pg. 1." (Victims of Guardians). There are many other allegedly cases such as corruption on New York Windmill power etc., but none could steal the attention of current hot headline on Indonesian media recently.
The highly exposed KPK’s wiretapping which subsequently form a foul perceived image that most law enforcement institutions could be managed as such to favour any third party’s interest. The case has fuelled opposition to the police as both media and public undergone escalating outrages. There are well over one million facebookers’ petition for the release and support of two prominent KPK Deputies where as the former KPK head is already implicated for first degree murder allegation.
wikipedia describes KPK as:
Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (Indonesian: Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi) (abbreviated KPK) is a government agency fighting corruption.
Created by a 2002 law, the Commission has "confronted head-on the endemic corruption that remains as a legacy of President Suharto’s 32-year-long kleptocracy. Since it started operating in late 2003, the commission has investigated, prosecuted and achieved a 100-percent conviction rate in 86 cases of bribery and graft related to government procurements and budgets."
Yudhoyono, a 60-year-old former general who was re-elected as his second terms of Indonesian Presidency in July, had been widely credited for the success of the anti-corruption campaign during his first term in office. Scores of corrupt politicians, entrepreneurs and law enforcement officials were tried and convicted, including the father-in-law of one of the president’s sons.
The latest crisis poses a threat to his counter-corruption credentials and the reputation of Indonesia’s already poorly regarded judiciary. Already in September 2009, Indonesia's Parliament passed a law to weaken Indonesia's Corruption Eradication commission (KPK). Then Deputy Attorney-General Abdul Hakim Ritonga and Gen. Susno Duadji, the head of national police investigations stepped down last week; a very rare and typically unheard of resignation gestures in Indonesian culture.
The recent economic recession is also believed due to Capitalism Power abuses; is there any country, professionalism or industry that is foolproof to this human nature? The least corrupt and most transparent countries went to Denmark, New Zealand and Sweden. As for the least corrupt and most transparent industries or professionalism…well..it is hard to tell, but perhaps Chip Foose as his talents indicate as the legendary custom car designer might be a pretty close bet!
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