Officials sign antigraft pact

JAKARTA: Following the example of Cabinet ministers, senior officials at the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration signed an anticorruption pact on Monday.

The signing was witnessed by manpower minister Fahmi Idris during a meeting over which he presided.

The pact requires the officials to avoid becoming involved in corruption, collusion and nepotism, and to accept any punishment should they violate the pact.

Ministry spokesman Hotma Panjaitan said several officials did not sign the pact on Monday because they were out of Jakarta on official business. -- Antara