March 9, 2010
By BERNICE HAN
AFP
Indonesia remains the most corrupt country in Southeast Asia and graft is getting even worse, a poll of businessmen says, dealing a blow to the president's efforts to clean up the country.
The news comes as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under mounting pressure with his vice-president and finance minister facing a criminal probe into their role in the controversial bailout of a troubled bank.
The annual poll by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC), made available to AFP on Tuesday, put Southeast Asia's biggest economy last in a table of regional economies with a score of 9.27 out of the worst possible 10.
Indonesia also came last in 2009 but with a marginally better score of 8.32.
Cambodia was ranked the second most corrupt regional nation with a grade of 9.10, followed by Vietnam and the Philippines.
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