exiled leader of the opposition and bella roost was untied and tired, physically untied, morally, too much on my shoulders. but i have to hold this way because i'm responsible for the future of our country for the people far behind the boss. gardens of truth starts february 18th on d w. ah, this is the w news asia coming up today. trust in the police delta, a big blow in indonesia embroiled in a motor plot. that scripts, the nation for vance. one of the country's most senior police officials is sentenced to death and can south korea for free subway brides for pensioners. critics say politicians have been a little too generous to one of their biggest boating blocks.

ah, i've been phys all a nice to have you along. impunity at the top of indonesia, police force prosecutors were asking for life, but the judges handed down the maximum sentence, the death penalty to form a police. general fatty sam bolt for orchestrating the motor of his body. got there were gasps, and she is from spectators in the courtroom. it follows a string of elaborate stories and alleged police cover ups. this is the moment a top police official met his fate. montgomery donna intends to the defendant of the book with the sentence redone of death by b. fatty sambo was found guilty of monitoring his own body. god. sambo was

a 2 star general and former head of internal affairs for the national police. until he was released from duty in 2022. following the accusations many people attending the trial welcomed the would it over on his mighty deck sentence is the answer. that is true justice because the law must be sharp and the victims family must feel justice and we have a good response back on a bit and what the judge said was good. i think i'm hacking. it should have a more. there has been huge public interest in the trial, which continued for months chronicling lies and intrigues. that 1st, for several days, the police kept the killing under cover. then they said surveillance cameras had failed to work that day. blue burn the judge dismissed these claims, saying the tapes had been deleted blood, millie montoya. such developments have kept indonesians hoped and burned about

perhaps a systemic problem with the countries police force id i dont pneumonia in my opinion. the bad police have always been that bus on there. got it. if the boss is not right, then the subordinates also not right. the mindset in indonesia is that a job is to make money. so i don't think improvement is the priority. it looking at it. i'm gonna handle very nigrama sacramento. c. mullin is aminada that way. it's a shame that these bad apples make people not trust the police about my shower. that david guy a so far i still trust the police go yeah. was the last me for they as is a lot easier than this week's birthday have ever has provided some relief to the wicked. them's family i present in course was a miraculous sentence. oh that we have with god has answered every

drop of my son's blood. and our prayers. thank you for your love. jesus with assemble was marched off to serve his sentence. indonesians are facing some difficult conversations on the country's police. it's rule. and in part, at least its own apparent sense of impunity. dw corresponded chance from along joins us from jakarta. so are we talking about one corrupt cop or a police force riddled with corruption? yes, it is national police force. if indonesia has been in the spotlight for so long, being one of the most corrupted institution in indonesia, and that definitely eroded good public confidence, a torch, the corpse. and usually when a police is doing something wrong, the national police, which use a term just a few bad apples and uh,

they would hide the dirty cups behind the term. um, with all the scandals throughout the years that involved the police. public once again or wondering what the about the police reform that ashley has been in the works for more than 20 years and it's not finished yet. it has to be done war properly now. and if we talk about a police reform, there needs to be reform and her mind set off the earth, solidarity with and o force to mask the wrongdoing supplied her police officers. and also the culture of violence within the police. so far, expert belief that it has been stagnant, but it's actually very important. not only the end goal to repair to tarnished reputation off the police, but really to evaluate their works, to dig deep into the route problems, to make them become a better law enforcer. and there are so many other offices being investigated in relation to this trial. i know what, what about some bos wife as well?

why, why was she on trial? yeah, put a shadow at the, the wife of sambal i. she was put on trial because of her investment in planning the murder on the murder happened after. put 3 claim that she was harassed by begun to do so with our barret and that unproven claim made her husband sambo angry and ended with the murder of big idea as to why i put 3 guards, 20 years in prison, and that sentence is higher than what was demanded by the prosecutor, but put 3 sambo and other defendants found guilty can still seek legal avenues like appeal, causation, and review. um, but aspirin, say, ah, the next procedures needs to be monitored very well. and i'm sure the whole country will be watching sharon some along in jakarta, thank you for nothing's

really free in life. but as a pensioner, you can expect some perks, after all those years of hard work and paying taxes free subway rights. for example, in south korea, except even that's become a little too expensive for the aging. but wealthy nation one of the best in the world is how sold somebody system is known. parking son uses that frequently to move around the city for his job as the delivery man. he said it's only possible because soul allows the elderly to ride for free during, during the advantages that it doesn't cost me any transportation expenses. i'm a little tired, but this job is really good. we wait at dinner, ma'am. and into the umbrella. last year, over 200000000 free rides for taken. that has been a huge benefit to people above the age of 65, but the local government says this is bleeding them dry. sold meal wants the

central government to help. if look for 2 arms on, we're not asking for complete supporter from the central government. but we are saying that fears can be kept low only with some assistance from the central government. i mean, literally there, he won't do anything. so far, the finance ministry has rejected the request. so lint on intense to high come subway rates by 30 percent. that's making all the people like young from nervous that they might have to start being to and are on what could we have to pay for the subway. however, we will have to think about other jobs around it. and so metropolitan government should think a lot about this during the day. it's a job for the elderly getting there if it's gone, be ugly, have no place to work. and i learned that, oh, they said they were up to an hour. almost a 5th of south korea's population is aged $65.00 and older. this number is set to rise significantly in the next decade and where the money for their welfare shall

come from. is a big open question. rob roth well joins us from the school of business at george mason university, korea in san door, rod can't south korea afford giving pension as a free ride on the subway any more or have the promises of politicians to a fair chunk of their voting base? just got out of control. it's a great question. um, i think what the government is really trying to indicate is that the social welfare policies, which have been traditionally valued in the past and perhaps not sustainable in the future. now we've, we've seen who have reached the social tipping point where we now know that the average age in korea is 47. we know that approximately 25 percent of people are over 65. so the burden is just starting to maybe creep up on the government and you know, maybe this is a little bit of an indicator. the,

the good right is about to maybe not stop, but slowing down a little bit. could mean that everyone else would have to pay higher fairs on the subway to help support the elderly. i mean that's, that's what it's all about. isn't it in an economy that the, the younger workers are paying the price for pensioners? yes, that's definitely true. but when we look at the korean population pyramid, the base of the pyramid now is shrinking every year. so yes, the young people are eventually going to have to pay more on the subway in career is still extremely cheap. but yeah, we can definitely see that in the future, the burden is going to be unfairly placed upon the younger people to support this very, very large group of people over 65. it sounds like the retirement age is, is, is going to be raised at some stage. i know that's being discussed at the moment in south korea. i can't see it not being at least discussed very,

very seriously. um we have government programs full employing the elderly in kindergartens and primary schools as cross war people. this is also happening. a lot of my own father in law reach is working very diligently. it's 73 years old. so yes it's, it's definitely got to be a serious discussion and we're still talking about an extremely wealthy nation, a highly productive economy, a, with a fairly healthy growth rate. but so you mentioned that the generous benefits on offer there. i also believe south korea has one of the most generous healthcare systems in the world. yes, it certainly does. i think we owe both koreans and foreign is treated equally under the health care system. it's very generous. it's his understanding that if the population's healthy than that's a, a good thing, i'm going to,

the doctor is extremely quick. convenient, cheap, on getting medicines getting reimbursed by the health system. all, very, very generous. oh, very well set out. by the oh no that i was going to say the older you get it more important that health care system becomes, of course, and the older you get, the more you spend on health care. so can the insurance companies continue to be this generous care? the government health care system continue to be this generous when it's no longer looking after 20 percent of the population who goes to the doctor every week. but when it gets to 30 percent or 40 percent of the dock of the population going to the doctor very regularly, will these general general benefits continue? it's a tough question and the tough one for politicians with our elections are always on the horizon. and stat voter base are only getting older rod roth. well,

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this is the w business. i'm janelle delilah unwelcome. a warning for turkey. the european bang for reconstruction and development says the recent earthquake there could hit the country's economy by up to one percent of its g d p. hampering recovery efforts in a report out today. it also warns there's misplaced optimism in the economic recovery of developing regions in europe. the middle east and north africa, the e b r d 's says it's focus region, saw 3.2 percent growth between january and september of last year. but that was still slower than growth. the output of all of 2021. looking at country growth, specifically the biggest decline came from ukraine, which posted a 30 per cent drop in the study period. while turkey grew 6 point one percent during that january to september period, the e b r the says the earthquake has cigna.