Mahfud urges PPATK to publish list of civil servant graft suspects

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 12/06/2011 3:24 PM

Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD has requested that the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) disclose the names of all civil servants who have suspiciously large bank accounts.

“The PPATK cannot be vague about this. The list of names should be reported,” he said Tuesday as quoted by tempo.com.

He said that it was not impossible for civil servants to become rich. However, he added, it was strange for third- and fourth-class civil servants to possess wealth worth hundreds of billions of Rupiah.

Mahfud blamed the troublesome bureaucratic system, which he said paved the way for corruption among civil servants and enabled them to accumulate ridiculous amounts of wealth.

He said that it was essential that the PPATK also disclose the sources of the money to identify whether they were legal or illegal.

“This is important for corruption eradication,” he said.

The PPATK previously announced that 50 percent of young civil servants are indicated to have committed corruption. It cited the civil servants’ lifestyle, possession of luxurious goods and fat bank accounts. Corruption methods used included transferring state budget funds to personal bank accounts, creating fictitious projects, gratuity and bribery.

PPP chairman condemns attack, urges calm

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 04/15/2011 3:25 PM | National

PPP chairman condemns attack, urges calmThe chairman of the United Development Party (PPP), Suryadharma Ali, condemned the bombing of  a mosque at the Cirebon police complex.

A bomb, allegedly triggered by a suicide bomber, exploded at the mosque during Friday prayers at 12:50 p.m. The bomb killed the suspected bomber and injured people in the congregation, comprising mostly police officers.

“The PPP condemns the inhumane act of violence which has victimized innocent people,” Suryadharma said as reported by MetroTV news.

Suryadharma, who is also the Religious Affairs Minister, urged the police to carry out a full investigation into the attack, including the perpetrator and the motive.

“I also call out to all Muslims to refrain from being provoked by this inhumane act. Leave this act of violence to security officers to resolve,” he said.