Political risk of neglecting inequality in Papua
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Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi WanggeResearcher at the Marthinus Academy, Jakarta
Jakarta |
Thu, March 16, 2017
| 08:31 am
Under investigation: Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) get prepared to search the Papua governor office in Jakarta on Feb.2 in its investigation into a graft case related to the Kemiri-Depapre road construction project. (Antara/Indrayadi TH)
PREMIUM In early 2017, two much-discussed issues about Papua have been the investigation of corruption in fictitious road projects involving high-level officials in its Public Works Agency office and the Freeport case, which is a battle between the government and the United States-based mining company PT Freeport McMoran in Mimika regency over a contractual issue. In the first case, the Corruption Eradica...
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