WB praises economy, graft still a problem Rendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While expressing confidence over progress in the country's economy, the World Bank has stressed the need for the government and legislature to boost efforts to root out rampant corruption. In a meeting Tuesday between visiting World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the bank expressed its concern over the continued problem of corruption here despite recent crackdowns.

Graft and the hajj - Jakarta on the spot By Donald Greenlees International Herald Tribune WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2006 JAKARTA Every year, more than 200,000 Indonesian Muslims join the pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's most holy site. This mass movement of people, the biggest annual airlift in the world, is a sacred once-in-a-lifetime duty of all Muslims who are physically and financially able. It is also a $575 million-a-year business for the Indonesian government, riddled with corruption.