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        "id": 1429528,
        "msgid": "city-panned-for-letting-probe-slide-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-03-22 00:00:00",
        "title": "City panned for letting probe slide",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "City panned for letting probe slide JAKARTA (JP): City councilors criticized the city administration on Sunday for slow progress made in the investigation of 1,942 malfeasance cases exposed since the 1994\/1995 fiscal year. An attachment note signed by Governor Sutiyoso to the city draft budget for the 1999\/2000 fiscal year, a copy of which was made available to the Post, cited 1,941 malfeasance cases in the administration between 1994 and 1998.",
        "content": "<p>City panned for letting probe slide<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): City councilors criticized the city<br>\nadministration on Sunday for slow progress made in the<br>\ninvestigation of 1,942 malfeasance cases exposed since the<br>\n1994\/1995 fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>An attachment note signed by Governor Sutiyoso to the city<br>\ndraft budget for the 1999\/2000 fiscal year, a copy of which was<br>\nmade available to the Post, cited 1,941 malfeasance cases in the<br>\nadministration between 1994 and 1998.<\/p>\n<p>The note stated that 348 cases dealt with power misuse, 184<br>\nwith corruption, 185 with land and housing affairs, 299 with the<br>\nenvironment, 480 with public services, 21 with bureaucracy, 140<br>\nwith law affairs, 177 with personnel affairs cases and 107 with<br>\nnational vigilance.<\/p>\n<p>Only 486 cases, or 25 percent of the total figure, have been<br>\ninvestigated.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted separately by The Jakarta Post, deputy head of the<br>\nUnited Development Party (PPP) faction Ali Imran Husein, member<br>\nof Commission A for administration Sylviana Murni, and head of<br>\nthe Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) Lukman Mokoginta,<br>\nquestioned the investigation approach.<\/p>\n<p>Ali said the figures gave an impression of half-hearted<br>\nadministration handling of the cases.<\/p>\n<p>\"Imagine only 25 percent of the malfeasance cases have been<br>\ninvestigated during the past five years.<\/p>\n<p>\"Moreover, the administration does not provide evidence about<br>\nthe investigation of the 486 cases. How can we believe its<br>\nreport? ...I am really disappointed,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ali said the cases should be handled by an institution higher<br>\nthan the administration, such as the development finance<br>\ncontroller, as \"it has been proven that the administration<br>\nrepeatedly does not assiduously probe malfeasance cases\".<\/p>\n<p>Both Ali and Lukman said their factions would not hesitate to<br>\npush the administration to seriously pursue the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\"The administration should be proactive... don't wait until<br>\n(the cases) bring about people's anger,\" Lukman said.<\/p>\n<p>Sylviana said the administration was yet to show its<br>\ntransparency, even though Sutiyoso had promised a change.<\/p>\n<p>\"Everybody has repeatedly urged the administration to be<br>\ntransparent during the reform era, but I don't see any response,\"<br>\nshe said. (ind)<\/p>",
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