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Big fish in forestry graft 'untouchable': ICW
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has criticized law enforcers for failing to catch the major players in forestry-related graft cases
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Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has criticized law enforcers for failing to catch the major players in forestry-related graft cases.
ICW researcher Lalola Easter said on Sunday that most suspects arrested by law enforcers were merely field workers. Only two governors and two regents had so far been arrested, but not a single corporation had been charged for allegedly colluding with government officials to destroy the nation's forests, she added.
The graft watchdog estimated that the state suffered losses of around Rp 691 trillion (US$62.8 billion) between 2001 and 2012 due to alleged corruption in the forestry sector. It said forestry corruption centered on the issuance of permits for plantations, mining firms and change of land use.
'We should consider seizing assets belonging to corporations, as we believe they engage in systematic graft,' she said.
