AFTER the Schapelle Corby saga, Australians had reason to think that Indonesia was littered with corruption despite whether Corby was right or wrong.

Visits to Bali and other places in Indonesia show locals selling drugs on the streets to tourists, yet tourists in possession of drugs themselves end up in the nastiest of nasty cells.

 

Maybe things could change – slightly - after recent events this week.

Two of Indonesia’s leading law-enforcement officials have stepped down to soothe public rage over a corruption scandal.Attorney-General Hendarman Supandji said Deputy Attorney-General Abdul Hakim Ritonga and General Susno Duaji, head of national police investigations, resigned yesterday because they had become a burden.

They were named in wire taps aired on live television this week that exposed a plot to undermine the Corruption Eradication Commission.

Indonesia is regularly ranked among the most corrupt countries in the world.