Indonesia corruption investigators / Malaysia new police chief / New KickBack podcast

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KPK may lose investigators who failed civil exam.  “Reports emerged…that around 75 [of Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)] employees failed the civic knowledge test held by the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) as part of the employee status transition within the antigraft body. The revised KPK Law, which was passed following a speedy deliberation at the House of Representatives in 2019, mandates that all previously independent employees of the agency become civil servants.”

The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2021/05/04/kpk-may-lose-investigators-who-failed-civil-exam.html  

 

Malaysia gets new police chief as the force faces several controversies. “Since taking the role, Mr Hamid has conducted extensive transfer exercises, including those involving state police chiefs, in a bid to reform an institution that is widely perceived to be corrupt.”

Nadirah H. Rodzi/The Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-get-new-police-chief-acryl-sani-amid-several-controversies-involving-the-force 

 

New Podcast, Featuring Patrick Alley (Blog/Podcast).  “I interview Patrick Alley, a director and co-founder of Global Witness. Global Witness…is a leading global advocacy organization focused on the inter-related issues of human rights violations, environmental degradation, and grand corruption…Patrick discusses the founding of Global Witness and how his interest in environmental protection in developing countries like Cambodia led him, and the organization, to a greater focus on corruption and illicit financial flows.”

Matthew Stephenson/The Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/04/27/new-podcast-featuring-patrick-alley/    

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