Athletes, officials in allowance row<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Bowlers and horse riders joining the Southeast
\nAsian (SEA) Games training program questioned the National Sports
\nCouncil (KONI) legal commission about the whereabouts of their
\nmonthly allowances on Friday.<\/p>\n
Senior women's bowler Sri Mulyani Ruzgar met commission member
\nCahyo Adi to lodge a complaint concerning her monthly allowances.
\nAllowances from KONI are distributed through the Indonesian
\nBowling Association (PBI).<\/p>\n
\"KONI has transferred some Rp 146 million (US$14,600),
\nincluding athletes' allowances, to PBI since February. But I only
\nreceived mine for June and July. Where is the rest of my money?\"
\nYani, Sri Mulyani's nickname, queried.<\/p>\n
KONI transferred Rp 10.2 million each month from February
\nthrough May and Rp 12.825 million from June to July to PBI's
\naccount for the Games athletes and coaches.<\/p>\n
Bowling manager David Sitorus signed the receipt on behalf of
\nPBI.<\/p>\n
David appeared uneasy when asked by journalists about the
\ncomplaint. He acknowledged he had received the money but had not
\ninformed PBI chairman Subagiyo about the distribution or use of
\nthe money for bowlers and coaches.<\/p>\n
\"Most of the bowlers have received their money. But I won't
\ndisclose their names. I would rather wait for the result of PBI's
\nmeeting on the weekend,\" he said, adding that Subagiyo had asked
\nhim to prepare a financial report.<\/p>\n
David blamed certain senior bowlers who failed to get on the
\nGames squad of trying to intimidate juniors bowlers.<\/p>\n
\"There's tight competition between seniors and juniors. I
\ndon't want the seniors to terrorize the younger bowlers.\"<\/p>\n
Cahyo said he also received a complaint from an unidentified
\nequestrian club, saying that their riders had yet to receive
\nallowances, which had been transferred last October.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Equestrian and Horse Racing Association
\n(Pordasi) head of the equestrian committee, Johan Pitoy, later
\nrefuted the charge.<\/p>\n
\"It's true that KONI transferred some Rp 193 million in
\nOctober to my account because Pordasi has no bank account. But I
\ndid not use it for my personal interests. Some of the money was
\ndistributed to the athletes.<\/p>\n
\"There's some part which is untrue. We groomed 22 riders. We
\ndropped a few riders as demanded by horse owners and the clubs,
\nbut the riders were still on our list. When the training program
\nentered the second phase in February, there were additional
\nriders but we told them that the eliminated riders would not
\nreceive allowances, and we returned the money to KONI.\"<\/p>\n
Johan said the matter had been settled on Tuesday. He also
\naccused an Pordasi official of trying to tarnish his name by
\nclaiming that fraud had occurred.<\/p>\n
\"We picked 15 riders as our core team, but five of them
\nwithdrew because they felt intimidated by the official,\" he said,
\ndeclining to mention a name.<\/p>\n
SEA Games project manager Putra Astaman said that he had asked
\nPordasi chairman Roesmanhadi and Subagiyo to solve the problem.
\nHe also said that KONI was monitoring distribution of the money.
\n(ivy)<\/p>",
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