Jealous? Indonesian here have ego problems. You asked me about Najib, I didn't sugar coat corruption in Malaysia. Sure i was there 10 years ago, I should remind you I have associates that still works in Jarkata and Kalimantan. Jarkata crime is high, and non of you admit. Corruption is high, non of you admit. This is not a competition who is better. Either you are ignorant of your own country, or you deliberately misleading people.
Najib corruption is well documented in many international outlet, no place to hide anymore although we need to wait for the court to decide.
Talking about Indonesia. We have one of the best anti corruption institution in the world called KPK since early 2000 and western world also admitted the fact. The corruption was still high 10 years ago where even I have to pay some money (not much actually) to renew my ID card, but thing have change a lot now, the civil servants now are getting better in their service and treat us quite good. Civil servant salary also been increased quite a lot as well. Many Indonesian members can be a witness.
Anti Coruption campaign needs time to drastically change corrupt Indonesia and many leaders like Jokowi (Jakarta Governor), Ridwan Kamil (West Java governor), Risma (Surabaya Major) have fasten that reformation and also press institutions and Anti Corruption civil society like ICW have done a lot. Things have changed dramatically and you still hold the perception people hold 10 years ago about corruption in Indonesia. But we still admit that a lot of work still need to be done.
Lol Malaysia crime is also considered as High according to US embassy, despite US itself has huge criminal activity as well. I get the feeling that foreigners are usually bias, particularly the one who has some sort of inferiority complex when seeing other developing nation get more developed.
https://www.osac.gov/Country/Malaysia/Content/Detail/Report/148f55ab-9111-47ef-99e4-1811a5d28a20
"The U.S. Department of State has assessed Kuala Lumpur as being a
HIGH-threat location for crime directed at or affecting official U.S. government interests. This includes around-the-clock street crime that occurs primarily in densely populated urban centers and affects locals and foreigners alike. The most common crimes include petty theft (particularly purse snatching and pickpocketing), smash-and-grab thefts from vehicles, and residential burglaries. Violent and more serious crimes are considerably less common. Other types of common non-violent criminal activity include credit card fraud, ATM-skimming, and cybercrime."
@Shantanu_Left bro you have been to Jakarta before, can you give more neutral opinion about Jakarta crime level whether you feel safe or not when you were in here ? And can you tell us when did you come to Jakarta. You also can try to compare Jakarta with Kuala Lumpur as well based on the crime level that you have experience.