KPK, Surabaya administration promote anti-graft mentality through Integrity Fair

Ina Parlina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 07/16/2011

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Surabaya municipality organized the latest Integrity Fair as a means of promoting anti-corruption behavior.

The two-day event titled “Creating Integrity in Surabaya” held at Taman Surya, City Hall, opened today.

“We hope the event can promote the importance of integrity and challenge officials to improve the quality of public service,” KPK deputy chief Bibit Samad Rianto said Saturday.

The event also offers anti-corruption games for children to reinforce values at an early age.

“It is important to raise awareness and understanding of not tolerating corruption from an early age,” said Bibit. “We can teach them integrity from children’s’ games and stories.”

The Integrity Fair is a part of the KPK’s 2011 corruption prevention program. A similar event is currently being held in Bandung, West Java, after also being held in Palembang, South Sumatra and Makassar, South Sulawesi.