KPK to cooperate with counterparts

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