Directorate General of Village Governance Holds Meeting for P3PD Legal Assistance in West Java
Directorate General of Village Governance Holds Meeting for P3PD Legal Assistance in West Java
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Directorate General of Village Governance Holds Meeting for P3PD Legal Assistance in West Java
It is unclear how much of the $337 million in village funds allocated for the Papua region in 2023 is being diverted into arms.
The Dana Desa village fund introduced by President Joko Jokowi Widodo in 2015 and valued at $4.7 billion this year has long been criticised as prone to corruption. Nowhere is the oversight of the scheme more challenging than in Papuas remote highlands.
Separatists in the Indonesian region of Papua where a New Zealand pilot was taken hostage in February have been siphoning off government aid money to buy black market guns for a deadly guerrilla war, officials say.
By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Separatists in the Indonesian region of Papua where a New Zealand pilot was taken hostage in Febru...