A policeman on guard as a protester shouts slogans outside the Corruption Eradication Commission building in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters

How this agency is waging war against corruption in Indonesia, and winning

Despite what some see as inadequate funding and a sometimes bumpy relationship with the police, the Corruption Eradication Commission is having an effect on the nation’s longstanding culture of fraud, bribery and graft

Topic | Indonesia

Jeffrey Hutton

Published: 2:30pm, 22 Jul, 2017

Updated: 2:42pm, 22 Jul, 2017

A policeman on guard as a protester shouts slogans outside the Corruption Eradication Commission building in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters

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Jeffrey Hutton

Jeff is based in Jakarta where he specializes in political, economic and human rights issues. He got his start in the late 1990s in Tokyo where he was a subeditor at the English edition of the Mainichi Shimbun. He went on to join Bloomberg News in Tokyo and then the Australian Financial Review in Sydney. Recently he started satupelangi.org, a website devoted to LGBT issues in Indonesia.