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Indonesian Top Cop’s Gargantuan Job

National Police force may be too corrupt to clean up

Our Correspondent
Feb 22, 2023
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Driven by one of the most spectacular scandals in Indonesian National Police history, Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, an ally of President Joko Widodo, has used the affair to attempt to clean up one of Asia’s most corrupt law enforcement agencies, transferring hundreds of officials to new jobs and making other reforms as an entry point for signi…

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