The corruption scandal engulfing Bekasi Regent Ade Kuswara Kunang and his father is not simply another depressing entry in Indonesia’s catalogue of graft. It is a brutal reminder that regional democracy has been hijacked by family power networks, patronage politics, and the normalization of corruption as a governing method. What makes this worse than ordinary abuse of power is not only the scale of alleged theft — but the moral collapse it exposes. To subscribe please click here
