When it comes to corruption, Indonesia has not a very good record. Although there is a lot of corruption going on in this country there are quite some white sheep around. I told the story of honest and honorable immigration staff in Singaraja, Bali, few years ago.
Recently, as a foreigner in this country, I had bad experience with a contractor who finally did not make his job at all, but also did not like to pay back the 50 million deposit I paid him. Finally, the case was handled by Reskrim (criminal investigation department) at Polres Amlapura, Bali. They examined several witnesses, visited our location and, last but not least got the accused to sign a promissory note to pay his debt to me.
All those activities made a lot of demands of the detectives’ time. And when it was done, no “donation”, no “gift” or something like this was asked.
I pay my full respect to the integrity and sense of honour of those civil servants who handled my case. Polres Amlapura – you are a model!
Recently, as a foreigner in this country, I had bad experience with a contractor who finally did not make his job at all, but also did not like to pay back the 50 million deposit I paid him. Finally, the case was handled by Reskrim (criminal investigation department) at Polres Amlapura, Bali. They examined several witnesses, visited our location and, last but not least got the accused to sign a promissory note to pay his debt to me.
All those activities made a lot of demands of the detectives’ time. And when it was done, no “donation”, no “gift” or something like this was asked.
I pay my full respect to the integrity and sense of honour of those civil servants who handled my case. Polres Amlapura – you are a model!