Indonesia has signed an anti-graft pact with three of its neighbours, asking for their help in catching corruptors fleeing a clampdown at home, reports said.

Speaking at the signing of a deal between the anti-corruption bodies of Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore, Vice President Yusuf Kalla said Indonesia was prepared to help catch their fugitives and urged them to reciprocate.

"We also ask the states of Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore, if there are Indonesian corruptors in those countries, to help in returning them," Kalla said, according to the Kompas online news service.

No extradition treaties

Jakarta does not have extradition treaties with Brunei and Singapore. Officials believe many corrupt businessmen have fled to Singapore, parking billions of dollars in plundered cash in the city-state.

Indonesia's new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged to eradicate the widespread culture of kickbacks and bribery in Indonesia to lure back the foreign investment needed to revive the country's economic fortunes.