Republic of Korea new agency / India CG guidelines / Indonesia investigator attackers

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South Korea passes bill to set up anti-corruption agency.  The parliament voted to pass a bill to set up an agency to investigate corruption among high-ranking officials – which is one of President Moon’s biggest election campaign promise, in a bid to reform the country’s judicial system and widespread public distrust of state prosecutors.

Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/11b3f736-2aec-11ea-bc77-65e4aa615551

 

RBI to issue guidelines on corporate governance.  “On what could be the broad contours of the guidelines on corporate governance, Shriram Subramanian, founder & MD, InGovern Research, said, “[Reserve Bank of India] is likely to emphasize on transparency of disclosures, avoiding conflict of interest and proper monitoring.”

Financial Express: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/rbi-to-issue-guidelines-on-corporate-governance/1803528/  

 

Two police officers arrested in connection with acid attack on Indonesian graft investigator.  “Two Indonesian police officers have been arrested in connection with an acid attack on [Novel Baswedan] a senior investigator with the Corruption Eradication Commission that left him partially blinded…[who] has said he believes the attack, while he was walking home from a mosque in April 2017, was connected to graft cases he was handling at the time.”

Channel NewsAsia: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/two-police-officers-arrested-in-connection-with-acid-attack-on-12215764

 

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