Low salaries breed corruption?

Low salaries breed corruption?

From Suara Karya

The news on the finance minister's denial of corruption being
linked to civil servants' low salaries was interesting to note.

It is widely believed that the actions of those in positions
of power harm the low-ranking civil servants.

For example, the government can only increase the salaries of
civil servants by 5 percent to 10 percent annually. However,
various irregularities have caused the state to lose hundreds of
trillions of rupiah, which could have been used to increase the
pay of civil servants by 50 percent.

For instance, there are fees for officials from the
embezzlement of taxes and from financial agreements, especially
within ministries classified as "superbodies". Corruption,
collusion, nepotism and other criminal violations also abound.

The fate of lower-echelon civil servants and those not
involved in corruption should receive special attention.

K. JAAR
Bekasi, West Java