
‘All Chinese are the same’: Indonesia’s ‘nationalism’ test for graft-busters sparks outrage – Asia – South China Morning Post
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Dozens of staff at Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission are facing the threat of dismissal after failing a “nationalism” test, in a move critics say could undermine the fight against graft in the world’s third largest democracy.More than 1,300 staff at the commission, better known by its initials KPK, were made to take a written test between April and May to prove their allegiance to the state ideology Pancasila, which stresses national unity despite ethnic and religious diversity, and…Read More
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