Indonesia president-elect wants to overturn law curbing anti-graft drive

Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo wants the top court to overturn legislation that makes it more difficult to investigate lawmakers for graft, an adviser said, referring to a law passed with little publicity in one of the world's most corrupt countries. Widodo's team echoes the concerns of civil society groups that have challenged a law requiring investigators to get approval from a special parliamentary council before investigating lawmakers for corruption or other crimes.

Read the story by Kanupriya Kapoor and Yayat Supriyatna in Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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