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“As an American journalist based in China, I knew there was a good chance that at some point I'd be detained for pursuing a story. I just never thought I'd be held hostage by a toy factory.”
-New York Times journalist David Barboza on his visit to the factory supplying Thomas & Friends Railroad set, recently recalled for using lead paint.
The International Herald Tribune, 25 June 2007
“Police working in remote places are in trouble. The ones here cannot feed their family or help themselves either,” Hussein says, noting that the paltry US $70 monthly wage policemen are supposed to earn is often US $10 less once it passes through the bureaucracy. “A bag of flour costs nearly [US $35]. How can we solve any problem with this?”
- Col. Muhammad Hussein, trainer of new Afghani police recruits
Christian Science Monitor; Global; 25 June 2007
“There are no transcripts in Indonesian courts. Only pointers or notes are recorded on 'important' points. But important to whom? And without a full transcript, how do you compare the verdict against what actually happened in court? How do you investigate court decisions properly?”
-Amien Sunaryadi, vice-chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Indonesia
The Business Times Singapore; Singapore; 15 June 2007
"We have a Justice Department that has substantially been turned into a political arm of the White House."
- Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer and a Justice Department official in the Reagan administration, evoking allegations of political interference related to the nine U.S. attorneys that were fired in December 2006.
The News & Observer (USA); USA; 19 June 2007
“These matters need to be properly investigated. It's bad for British business, apart from anything else, if allegations of bribery popping around aren't investigated.''
- Labour MP Roger Berry, Chair of the Commons Quadripartite Committee which covers arms deals in the UK, to BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme.
Press Association Newsfile, 7 June 2007
“I'd say 80-85 percent of politicians would be corrupt – stinking corrupt.”
Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, a retired lieutenant general who running the Bangladeshi government's Anti-Corruption Commission
AFX.com; Global; 4 June 2007
“For a trafficker, it's not a big deal if the media talks about a cartel leader; what they care about is investigations of corruption among the police and politicians. Because they've invested a lot in maintaining their networks of protection, and have a lot to lose.”
-Jorge Zepeda Patterson, a prominent columnist and founder of two newspapers in Guadalajara, on drug traffickers’ attacks on the press.
Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2007