Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian groups has released a list of names of 61 candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election who it alleges are "crooked politicians", the Jakarta Post reported yesterday.

The National Movement Against Crooked Politicians, which groups some 150 non-governmental organisations, released the list on Saturday and promised to issue two more, the report said.

Those on the list are accused of violations of human rights, corruption, violence against women and environmental destruction.

The list includes their names, party affiliations, election areas and description of their alleged offences. Those on the list are mostly state officials, including members of the military. The movement said the list was aimed at helping voters to make their choices at the ballot box.

Eighteen are members of the former ruling Golkar party, 13 are from President Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and 10 are from Vice-President Hamzah Haz's United Development Party. The others are from five smaller parties.