The Bandung Corruption Court in West Java sentenced to prison on Tuesday a former Supreme Court justice who was found guilty of accepting bribes to affect a court ruling.
The recent arrest of Supreme Court justice Sudrajad Dimyati by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for alleged bribery has exposed the failure of the court in curbing judicial corruption.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on the SOEs Startup Day on Monday lamented the lack of Indonesian startups in the field of agriculture amidst increasing threats of the food crisis in the future. As of now, Indonesia ranks sixth in terms of the number of startups compared to the United States in first and followed by India, Britain, Canada, and Australia.
23 percent of Indonesia’s startups are in the field of financial technology or fintech with the second largest being retail with 14 percent. Those in the field of agriculture only amount to 4 percent.
“In fact, if you look at the food crisis in the future, it will be a big problem that technology must solve. And this is an opportunity,” said Jokowi at the event
President Joko Widodo has emphasized the urgency of law reform following the detention of Supreme Court Justice Sudrajad Dimyati as a suspect in the alleged .