Rector Forum to form corruption watchdogs

Rector Forum to form corruption watchdogs

PALU, Central Sulawesi: The provincial branch of Rector Forum
will launch a corruption watchdog body here next month to ensure
clean governance in Central Sulawesi.

"It is part of the forum's consistency to embark on a reform
agenda," Main Labaso, an assistant rector at Tadulako University
in Palu, said on Monday, adding that similar watchdogs had been
planned in other provinces.

That Indonesia had been ranked one of the world's most corrupt
countries encouraged the forum to set up an anti-corruption body,
he said.

Labaso said members of the planned watchdog would include
academics, individuals, activists and community and religious
figures, all from independent and credible organizations.

Police, prosecutors and other officials from related agencies
would also be involved as working partners, he added.

Labaso, quoting data from unidentified sources, said Central
Sulawesi was rated Indonesia's third most corrupt province after
Jakarta and Medan. --Antara