Councillors stand up bribery probe<\/p>\n
TANGERANG: The Banten prosecutor's office has started an
\ninvestigation into 19 Tangerang councillors for allegedly
\naccepting bribes from a mayoral candidate last year.<\/p>\n
However, the three councillors summoned on Thursday -- council
\nspeaker Gian Sugiharsono and Awing Suhanda of the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and Fauzie of the Golkar
\nParty -- failed to appear at the prosecutor's office.<\/p>\n
Six other councillors had already been questioned last week.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Sutardjo said the office would continue to summon
\nthe three, especially Gian, who has reportedly not appeared in
\npublic since the mayoral election in November.<\/p>\n
\"The case involves 20 councillors, but one died of a heart
\nattack ahead of the election. We have reported the case to the
\nAttorney General's Office,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The case was opened on the basis of reports filed by the
\npublic, that the councillors had received Rp 100 million each to
\nvote for businessman Facrul Munir.<\/p>\n
Munir lost the election to Wahidin Halim.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Munir had retracted his police report against the
\ncouncillors after they promised to return the money. --JP<\/p>",
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