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Kwik Kian Gie: graft still endemic

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Straits Times - June 11, 2000

Jakarta – Coordinating Economics Minister Kwik Kian Gie admitted on Friday that the culture of corruption, collusion and nepotism was still prevalent in the bureaucracy under President Abdurrahman Wahid, and said it would take a while to eradicate.

"If the government is asked are they still doing KKN practices, yes they are. I'm not surprised ... as it relates to a corrupt mentality," Antara quoted Mr Kwik as saying after a seminar. KKN is the local term for corruption, collusion and nepotism.

Commenting on the allegations against Central Bank Governor Syahril Sabirin, the minister said Mr Syahril was guilty of KKN practices during the regime of former president B. J. Habibie and "not under the present administration". He also revealed on Friday that an IMF team was arriving in Jakarta tomorrow to review the government's economic-reform programmes.

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