NGOs vow to unravel corruption in KPU

JAKARTA: A coalition of non-governmental organizations said on Friday it would press ahead with its drive to unravel the corruption allegations plaguing the General Elections Commission (KPU), despite a threat from the commission to file a defamation lawsuit against the group.

The coalition, comprising the Independent Committee for Election Monitoring, the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency, the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute, Indonesia Procurement Watch and the Indonesian Forum for Parliamentary Concern, said it would not back down.

The group added that it was confident data it submitted to the Corruption Eradication Commission on the KPU was correct.

"If the KPU wants to file a report with the police, go ahead," coalition member Sebastian Salang said, adding that House of Representatives Commission II on home affairs had thrown its weight behind the coalition's efforts. -- JP