Letter: Officials’ wealth reports

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has urged police officers and prosecutors to submit their wealth reports to the commission. KPK deputy chairman Haryono Umar said only 8,000 prosecutors and 7,000 police officers were obliged to submit their wealth reports, but the commission had just received 4,500 reports from the prosecutor offices and 5,100 from police offices.

The reason why there is a reluctance on the part of these people is simply that they do have things to hide.

They have got away with their criminal activities for so long and with such ease, that they are confident about simply ignoring these requirements, they are after all the untouchables. The police and prosecutors probably have so much information up their sleeves that most in power are terrified of them.

There is only one way that Indonesia will finally get rid of these corrupt and criminal elements and that is a clean government. What these people fear the most are people who do not have anything to hide, people who are not corrupt. I fear under the current administration of the old ruling elite, there is little hope.

Indonesia needs new, fresh, clean blood at the top and in the government, not any of the current bunch or their children. We did have one ray of hope, but she finally went and is now in America: This we should all be ashamed of and saddened by.

Didi Karjadi
Bandung