1. Council: 26 x 1 line<\/p>\n
Former council speaker to stand trial<\/p>\n
Former Surabaya Council Speaker M. Basuki may face 20 years in
\nprison for allegedy embezzling Rp 2.7 billion (about US$303,000)
\nin state funds, prosecutors said during the opening hearing of
\nhis trial on Monday.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Udjijono said that in the period between December
\n2000 until March 2001, Basuki abused his position as council
\nspeaker to embezzle money from the city's budget.<\/p>\n
\"Based on investigation results, it has become very clear that
\nthe defendant has caused losses to the state funds amounting to
\nRp 2.7 billion,\" Udjijono said in the charges against Basuki that
\nwas read out during the trial.<\/p>\n
2. Sea: 12 x 3 lines<\/p>\n
Seven seamen
\nkilled in
\nstrange mishap<\/p>\n
Six fishermen died during vain attempts to save the life of a
\nseventh in a bizarre tragedy aboard a trawler in North Sumatra on
\nSunday.<\/p>\n
The deaths are believed caused by toxic air in a hold filled
\nwith rotting fish remains. Chemical poisoning has not been ruled
\nout.<\/p>\n
Deputy captain of the trawler KM Deli Balai Indah, Udin, 35,
\nsaid the crew was returning home to Bagan Asahan Port, Tanjung
\nBalai District, from a month's fishing in Riau when the accident
\noccurred.<\/p>\n
The seven dead crew members were identified as Udin, 25, Budi,
\n19, Erwin, 22, Taat Agung, 19, Tino, 19, Sjahril, 22, and Butang
\nalias Muin, 27.<\/p>\n
3. Papua: 24 x 2 lines<\/p>\n
Papua allocates Rp 2.6t
\nfor development projects<\/p>\n
The Papuan administration has allocated Rp 2.6 trillion (US$295
\nmillion) for the funding of 848 construction projects, all of
\nwhich must be completed during the remaining eight months of this
\nfiscal year.<\/p>\n
Of this figure, the central government contributed Rp 1.3
\ntrillion, which will be used mostly for projects designed to
\nimprove transportation infrastructure, education, social welfare
\nand agriculture.<\/p>\n
The rest of the development budget will be financed out of
\nprovincial revenue, and will be used to finance 720 projects,
\nmostly in the education, health and poverty eradication sectors.<\/p>\n
Papua received only Rp 851 million for its development budget
\nfrom the central government last year, with the rest of the
\nbudget being financed by Rp 1.25 trillion in own-source revenues.<\/p>",
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