Watchdog gets award

Watchdog gets award

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW), an independent watchdog, was presented an award on Saturday for its zealous campaign against corruption.

The Suardi Tasrif Award, named after a prominent journalist, was presented by the Alliance of Independent Journalists to the ICW coordinator, Teten Masduki, in conjunction with its fifth anniversary.

However, the alliance's chairman, Lukas Luwarso, said no journalist was found fit this year to be rewarded the Udin Award, named after slain journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin who was killed in 1996. His killer was not found.

Retired chief editor of the previously banned Tempo magazine, Goenawan Mohamad, said at the commemoration that threats to the media were continuing.

He said that earlier in the day an executive of a troubled bank tried to bribe a journalist with Rp 5 million. (anr)