Indonesia’s jailing of Gojek founder raises fears for investor confidence
Indonesia’s jailing of Gojek founder raises fears for investor confidence Authorities say Nadiem Makarim abused his authority to favour Google in the...
Key points
- Indonesia’s jailing of Gojek founder raises fears for investor confidence Authorities say Nadiem Makarim abused his authority to favour Google in the procurement of laptops for school kids.
- The jailing of one of Indonesia’s most influential entrepreneurs in a controversial corruption case has raised fears of damage to investor confidence in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
- Nicky Fahrizal, a researcher of politics and social change at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Jakarta, said foreign investors will inevitably think twice before committing capital to Indonesia following the verdict.
- If the law is not enforced, what ensues is the law of the jungle… law based on power, and in the end, that is not good for any of us.” ‘Credibility’ of government policies Siwage Dharma Negara, a co-coordinator of the Indonesia studies programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, said Indonesia’s reputation as an investment destination had already been in decline before the Makarim verdict.
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Indonesia’s jailing of Gojek founder raises fears for investor confidence Authorities say Nadiem Makarim abused his authority to favour Google in the procurement of laptops for school kids. The jailing of one of Indonesia’s most influential entrepreneurs in a controversial corruption case has raised fears of damage to investor confidence in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Nicky Fahrizal, a researcher of politics and social change at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Jakarta, said foreign investors will inevitably think twice before committing capital to Indonesia following the verdict. If the law is not enforced, what ensues is the law of the jungle… law based on power, and in the end, that is not good for any of us.” ‘Credibility’ of government policies Siwage Dharma Negara, a co-coordinator of the Indonesia studies programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, said Indonesia’s reputation as an investment destination had already been in decline before the Makarim verdict. But there are many other factors that contribute, including government policies that are increasingly less pro-market.” Teguh Yudo Wicaksono, an economics lecturer at...