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        "msgid": "surveys-wont-stop-corruption-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-02-22 00:00:00",
        "title": "'Surveys won't stop corruption'",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "'Surveys won't stop corruption' The capital has been voted the most corrupt city in the country, according to a survey by Transparency International Indonesia (TII). The Jakarta Post interviewed residents here to get their comments on the survey's result. Fahmi, 34, a taxi driver living with his wife and two children in Cipayung, East Jakarta. Reports suggesting Jakarta is the most corrupt city did not surprise me. It was only a confirmation of what many Jakarta residents already know.",
        "content": "<p>'Surveys won't stop corruption'<\/p>\n<p>The capital has been voted the most corrupt city in the country,<br>\naccording to a survey by Transparency International Indonesia<br>\n(TII). The Jakarta Post interviewed residents here to get their<br>\ncomments on the survey's result.<\/p>\n<p>Fahmi, 34, a taxi driver living with his wife and two children<br>\nin Cipayung, East Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggesting Jakarta is the most corrupt city did not<br>\nsurprise me. It was only a confirmation of what many Jakarta<br>\nresidents already know. The people have long complained that they<br>\nmust pay \"extra fees\" to government civil servants when they<br>\nrequire city services.<\/p>\n<p>I think Bang Yos (Governor Sutiyoso) ought to be ashamed by<br>\nthe report. And I hope that he will be tougher against corrupt<br>\ncity officials.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I'm concerned most about is corruption by traffic<br>\ncops. There are policemen who simply stop public transportation<br>\ndrivers, inevitably find some minor technical problem, then<br>\nessentially force them to pay a bribe.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, I am also not surprised that the police department<br>\nis considered the second most corrupt institution.<\/p>\n<p>I'm actually pessimistic that such a survey will stop or<br>\nreduce corruption, because it all boils down to the fact that<br>\nthese corrupt people have no shame.<\/p>\n<p>Santi, 20, works as a janitor at the House of Representatives<br>\nbuilding in Senayan, West Jakarta. She is a high school graduate,<br>\nwho lives with her parents in Cipulir, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I only know a little about the issue from television<br>\nreports. I do not read the papers.<\/p>\n<p>I've heard that many corrupt officials have not been punished.<br>\nBecause of that, they will continue their corrupt ways.<\/p>\n<p>Pak SBY (President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) has promised that<br>\nhe would punish corrupt officials. I hope he will fulfill that<br>\npromise.<\/p>\n<p>I have several experiences of paying bribes, for example, when<br>\nI last renewed my identity card and when I had to get my yellow<br>\nwork card (work eligibility form issued by the district manpower<br>\noffice). But I forget the exact amount of those bribes.<\/p>\n<p>--The Jakarta Post<\/p>",
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