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Masduki, Teten
Corruption is a blight on many nations. But there are few nations where corruption is so deeply entrenched and habitual as in Indonesia.
Teten masduki biography samples
Years of venal dictatorship made it so. Under President Suharto, an elaborate patronage system channeled much of the nation’s wealth to its power holders. By paying bribes to certain members of the ruling circle and to military men, officials, judges, and police, Indonesians learned that just about anything “could be arranged.” This culture of corruption has flourished anew in Indonesia’s post-Suharto era of reform and democratization.
As coordinator of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), TETEN MASDUKI knows the degree to which, in Indonesia today, corruption is a fact of life. But he wants Indonesians to know that corruption need not be their country’s way of life.
Born into a family of farmers in 1963, TETEN studied chemistry in college and became a high school teacher.
In 1985, he joined a demonstrati