Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi says that more than a thousand civil servants working for regional administrations have been punished or fired for criminal acts.

"My ministry has been informed that since 2010, 1,091 civil servants at regional administrations have been punished because they have been charged legally. Of them, 60 percent were allegedly involved in corruption," Gamawan said here on Wednesday.

According to the minister, the number of officials sanctioned or fired for malfeasance would most certainly rise, as many regional administrations had not yet submitted required reports to the Home Ministry. "I predict that there are about 1,500 civil servants who have been charged with corruption since 2010 nationwide," he said.

The minister declined to name the province with the most crooked officials. "I don't want to shame the governor," he said.