Myanmar spending report / Republic of Korea FDI deterrence / Indonesia new law

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Blocking Access to Spending Report May Violate Myanmar Graft Law, Watchdog Warns Yangon Govt.  “[Yangon Watch, an] independent watchdog monitoring the Yangon government’s performance has warned that the regional administration’s ban on distributing the auditor-general’s report to lawmakers for parliamentary debate could lead to violations of the country’s anti-corruption law.”

Kyaw Phyo Tha/The Irrawaddy: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/blocking-access-spending-report-may-violate-myanmar-graft-law-watchdog-warns-yangon-govt.html

 

To boost South Korea's faltering economy, end corruption and invigorate the rule of law (Opinion).  “A big deterrent to foreign investment is the cozy relationship between South Korea’s government and a handful of large domestic companies, including powerful family-controlled chaebol, conglomerates with overlapping ownership.”

James K. Glassman/The Washington Times: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/6/to-boost-south-koreas-faltering-economy-end-corrup/

 

End of an anti-corruption era in Indonesia (Opinion).  “The revised KPK legislation also now stipulates that its investigators can only be recruited from police ranks, despite a 2015 Constitution Court ruling which gave the KPK authority to appoint its own investigators from other agencies. Often regarded as Indonesia’s most corrupt organization, the police have been at loggerheads with the KPK going back to the early days of the Widodo presidency in 2015…”

John McBeth/The Asia Times: https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/01/article/end-of-an-anti-corruption-era-in-indonesia/?_=4968889

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