Indonesia omnibus bill / Nepal fertilizer procurement / China critic jailed

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Purging corruption, corrupt officials key to effective omnibus bill: Experts.  “Indonesia needs to address corruption to improve public services so that the job creation omnibus bill can bring about the significant changes necessary to attracting investment, experts say.”

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman/The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/09/23/purging-corruption-corrupt-officials-key-to-effective-omnibus-bill-experts.html

 

Corruption and Nepal’s chronic fertilizer crisis (Commentary).  “It is nothing new that Nepal’s farmers this year faced an acute fertiliser shortage. That there were kickbacks involved is also not a revelation… it is bound to happen again next year because there is no political will to tackle the root of the problem —  collusion between government officials and their cronies to siphon the allocated budget and profit from payoffs.”

Kaustubh Dhital/Nepali Times: https://www.nepalitimes.com/here-now/corruption-and-nepals-chronic-fertiliser-crisis/

 

Chinese tycoon and Xi critic jailed for 18 years for corruption.  Ren Zhiqiang, a Chinese real estate tycoon, once an elite among the ruling Communist Party’s inner circle, and an outspoken critic of President Xi Jinping was jailed for 18 years for "corruption, bribery and embezzlement of public funds", a court statement said.

Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1989719/chinese-tycoon-and-xi-critic-jailed-for-18-years-for-corruption  

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