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Moral Awareness Being Damaged

Two days after arresting Cirebon Regent Sunjaya Purwadisastra, the Corruption Eradication Commission arrested eight members of Central Kalimantan Legislative Council (DPRD) and six people of the private parties on Friday (26/10/2018) at a hotel in Jakarta.

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JAKARTA, KOMPASTwo days after arresting Cirebon Regent Sunjaya Purwadisastra, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested eight members of the Central Kalimantan Legislative Council (DPRD) and six other people at a hotel in Jakarta on Friday. The arrests show the existence of massive corruption practices in various fields.

Since its establishment in 2004, the KPK has arrested 554 people. They include, among others, 205 central and regional legislators, regional heads, 204 people from the private sector, 22 judges, seven prosecutors and 10 lawyers. At least four corporations have also been legally processed.

Corruption, which involves parties from various backgrounds, does not only threaten governance, it can also damage values in the community. A sociology lecturer at the University of Indonesia, Meuthia Ganie Rochman, said on Friday that in the short term, massive corruption affected resources, which could have been used  for the development and improvement of public institutions.

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