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Former Indonesian Education Minister and co-founder of the ride-hailing company Gojek, Nadiem Makarim, has been detained and named a suspect in a corruption case. The case involves allegations of malfeasance concerning laptop procurement. Makarim will be held…
Vietnamese lawmakers have approved a 7 percent pay rise for workers in the public sector, an area critics say is prone to corruption due to low official salaries. The basic wage in the sector will be raised to VND1.39 million ($61.20) a month from July next…
South Korean prosecutors will file charges on Wednesday against Lotte Group’s chairman, Shin Dong-bin, father and brother alleging they committed offences such as embezzlement and breach of trust worth hundreds of millions of dollars at the family-owned…
Ever since the Chinese government cracked down on “gift giving” as part of its anti-corruption campaign, Swiss watch exports have taking a beating. Here’s the trend, courtesy of a UBS European luxury note out Wednesday: As the analysts note, that slump…
A researcher for Transparency International Indonesia (TII) elaborates on findings in the Corruption Perception Index 2015 on Monday. Indonesia ranked 88th out of 168 countries, a better position than a year earlier when it ranked 107.(JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)…
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