Crackdown on Indonesian tax officials who flaunt wealth online

JAKARTA – The Indonesian Finance Ministry’s crackdown on lavish displays of wealth by tax officials could create the momentum needed to root out perceived corruption in the government and regain public trust, analysts say.

An assault allegedly perpetrated last week by the flashy son of a mid-level tax official

has renewed debate about the sources of wealth of some of the country’s highest-paid civil servants, and stirred calls among netizens to boycott the filing of income tax.