KPK to cooperate with counterparts

JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) hopes to cooperate with anticorruption agencies from neighboring countries in a bid to trace illicit money laundered abroad, an official said.

KPK deputy chairman Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas said on Tuesday antigraft agencies from Malaysia and Brunei had agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation during an international workshop here in December.

Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand, which also have been invited to the workshop, have yet to decide whether to sign the agreement, Erry said.

The memorandum of understanding follows the United Nation's Convention against Corruption, which was introduced late last year. -- JP