JAKARTA,
June 26, 2012 (AFP) - An Indonesian website listing crooked officials and
individuals has joined the war against graft in one of Asia's most corrupt
nations, its founders said Tuesday.
Korupedia.org,
which so far lists 108 graft convicts, has received nearly 2 million Internet
hits in the week since it was launched, some from hackers trying to bring it
down, they said.
The website
is similar to IPaidABribe.com, an Indian site launched in Bangalore two years
ago.
"Since
the official launch last Tuesday we recorded around 1.9 million visits from
across Indonesia, most of them from Jakarta," said Suwandi Ahmad, the
website's developer.
"We
have also had cyberattacks nearly daily. I'm pretty sure it's by people trying
to ruin our database," said Danang Widoyoko, one of the founders and also
head of the independent Indonesian Corruption Watch.
"A
corruption case reported in a newspaper only impacts for one day, but the data
on our website will last forever. If you want to find some information about
the family of your future spouse check our site," he said.
Korupedia.org
lists names, photographs and details of convictions, such as amounts embezzled
and sentences received.
"The
website at least metes out social punishment, which will hopefully act as a
deterrent and help end the culture of corruption in this country,"
Widoyoko added.
A Gallup
poll released in October last year found that 91 percent of Indonesians believe
corruption in government is widespread, compared to 84 percent in 2006.
President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won two elections on promises to tackle graft in
one of the most corrupt countries in Asia, but critics say he has failed to
make any genuine difference to the culture of graft and impunity.
Transparency
International, the anti-global graft body, ranked Indonesia 100 in a list of
183 nations in its Corruption Perception Index last year, making it more
corrupt than India.
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