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Indonesian anti-graft deputy offers to resign
Published Mon, Jan 26, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Jakarta
THE deputy chief of Indonesia's anti-graft agency submitted his resignation letter on Monday after being named a police suspect, worsening a two-week long feud between the two rival law enforcement agencies.
In his biggest test since taking office in October, President Joko Widodo has struggled to halt rising tensions between the widely popular Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the graft-tainted police.
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