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Taufiequrachman Ruki, head of Indonesia's anti-corruption agency, has blamed an ingrained culture of corruption for the recent string of fatal transport disasters that have plagued the nation. The high-profile accidents, most notably two airliner crashes and two ferry collisions, are the inevitable result of 'reckless decision making and indicate corruption in the procurement process', according to Ruki, who has declared that they have also reinforced the agency's mission, which critics argue has been faltering of late. However, a new anti-corruption draft law now circulating in Parliament, which calls for the abolition of the recently established Corruption Court, threatens the anti-graft

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