1 Million Facebookers for Anti Corruption in Indonesia

Join Gerakan 1.000.000 Facebookers Dukung Chandra Hamzah & Bibit Samad Riyanto here not only for Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Samad but beyond that: for the future of anti-corruption movement in Indonesia to success.

The member as per now (2 November 2009): 292,104.

If you’re a non-Indonesian who might not know this hot news currently flooded the Indonesia media headline everyday this is from Vivanews.com on 30 October 2009:

VIVAnews – Two inactive leaders of Indonesian anti-graft commission (KPK), Bibit Samad Riyanto and Chandra M Hamzah, have lost their freedom after the two attended the summons from the Indonesian Police on Thursday, October 29. The police later decided to arrest both Riyanto and Hamzah on the day.

Apparently, the public is having a different opinion.

Aside from the 15 national figures pledging themselves to revoke Riyanto and Hamzah’s confinement, Facebook users are also giving their support for both leaders.

Through the forming of “1.000.000 Facebookers Support Chandra Hamzah & Bibit Samad Riyanto” group, the support is being gathered.

“Whether or not they are guilty, we, who are outside the system, might be agitated by the cases dealt by Chandra and Bibit.”

“It’s possible that this case resembles an iceberg. Probably there are a lot of other people like Chandra and Hamzah experiencing the same thing,” the group creator, Usman Yasin, says in the group page’s introduction column.

In less than a day, the group has gained 1566 supporters. There is also a similar group under the name of “Free Bibit-Chandra”.
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