Five detained for oil palm irregularities<\/p>\n
JAMBI: The Jambi Prosecutor's Office detained on late Monday five
\nsuspects late on Monday on charges of arising out of
\nirregularities in the provision of oil palm seedlings in the
\nprovince.<\/p>\n
The five suspects are the Thamrin, the head of an oil palm
\nseedling provision project, and four others executives from two
\nprivate sector firms that had been hired by Thamrin to implement
\nthe project.<\/p>\n
\"We are detaining them in order to facilitate the
\ninvestigation of the case,\" said Warsa Susanta, the deputy
\nspecial crimes director from the Jambi Prosecutor's Office.<\/p>\n
The case first emerged last year when the East Tanjungjabung
\nregency Forestry and Plantation Agency checked whether some 600
\nfarmers in the regency had received oil palm seedlings from the
\ngovernment.<\/p>\n
The agency discovered that the seedlings distributed to the
\nfarmers fell far short of the government standard. The case was
\nreported to the police and prosecutors, and the investigation
\neventually led to Thamrin, the project manager, who is also an
\nofficial from the Jambi provincial administration's Social
\nAffairs and People's Empowerment Agency. It is alleged that the
\nirregularities uncovered in the project cost the state Rp 900
\nmillion (US$94,736). -- JP<\/p>",
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