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The Corruption Eradication Commission (Indonesian: Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi), abbreviated as KPK, is an Indonesian government agency established to prevent and fight corruption in the country. [2] The KPK was created in 2003 during the Megawati presidency due to high corruption in the Post-Suharto era.
Corruption is an important development challenge that poses economic and social costs in Indonesia. Interference in public laws and policies for the sake of personal or private gain has weakened the competitiveness of Indonesia. [8] About one-quarter of ministries suffer from budgetary diversions in Indonesia. Households spent approximately 1% ...
The Sampit conflict, Sampit war or Sampit riots [5] was an outbreak of inter-ethnic violence in Indonesia, beginning in February 2001 and lasting through the year.The conflict started in the town of Sampit, Central Kalimantan, and spread throughout the province, including the capital Palangka Raya.
Suharto headed several organizations during his rule, with various functions, including to provide educational, health, and give support for veterans of Trikora.All of these organizations were suspected of receiving illicit funds, which was embezzled from the state.
West Borneo Special Region (Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Kalimantan Barat) was a component entity of the United States of Indonesia in western part of Borneo.It was established on 12 May 1947 with capital at Pontianak.
Currently, Darul Islam Indonesia has cells in seven regions, including Jakarta, Banten, West Java, Bali, Sulawesi, Maluku, and West Sumatra each of which operates in a “structured and systematic” manner in carrying out a four-step recruitment system to check and indoctrinate sympathizers.
The Kalimantan Physical Revolution (Indonesian: Revolusi fisik Kalimantan) was an armed conflict between Indonesian nationalists and pro-Dutch forces in Dutch Borneo in the second half of the 1940s. It began with the end of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the 1945 Proclamation of Indonesian Independence by Sukarno and ...
Strangers at Home: History and Subjectivity Among the Chinese Communities of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Vol. 5 of Chinese Overseas (illustrated ed.). BRILL. ISBN 978-9004173408; Jong, Louis (2002). The collapse of a colonial society: the Dutch in Indonesia during the Second World War. Vol. 206 of Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Nederlands ...