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Corruption, Good Governance and Economic Development: Contemporary Analysis and Case Studies
Rimawan Pradiptyo
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AnƟ-CorrupƟon Programmes in Indonesia
CorrupƟon EradicaƟon CommiƩee (KPK) 2002
AnƟ-CorrupƟon Act 1999 and 2001
AnƟ Money Laundering Act 2005 and 2010
AnƟCorrupƟon Programmes
Financial transacƟon Report Analysis Centre (PPATK) 2003
BureaucraƟc ReformaƟon (2003)
Figure 10.1 Various programmes in combating corruption in Indonesia
the basis of more active link between PPATK and other criminal justice agencies, including KPK, in attempts to combat corruption and money laundering (see Figure 10.1).
Anti-Corruption Programmes in Indonesia A preventive measure to reduce corruption by civil servants is the initiation of bureaucratic reformation programmes since 2003. The programme has been initiated for the first time within the Ministry of Finance. The programme provides substantial improvement on civil servant salary but at the same time the transparency of civil servant performance has been promoted. Currently, most government departments have embraced bureaucratic reformation. Indonesia follows civil law, which has been influenced by the Dutch since the colonial era. Criminal Code of Indonesia (KUHP) has been used in Indonesia. Although Indonesia achieved independence in 1945, its penal code is still based on the Dutch Criminal Code of 1811 (Wetboek van Strafrecht). Ironically, the Dutch themselves no longer implement the code as they embraced a new code in 1979. Corruption is an extraordinary crime and there was a need to create a special measure to tackle corruption by creating anti-corruption act. The
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