Corruption rife among Indonesian police: Transparency International

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Updated January 23, 2009 13:15:03

Bribery is so rampant in the Indonesian police force, that almost half the businesses surveyed say they've paid off officers. The survey by Transparency International Indonesia found corrupt judges got the biggest bribes, netting over nine thousand dollars in each transaction, around 50 times the amount taken by the police.

Presenter: Sonia Randhawa
Speakers: Indonesian Consumer Society member Indah Sukmaningsih; Harbinderjit Dillon, former executive director of the Partnership for Governance Reform

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