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        "id": 1889515,
        "msgid": "gowa-regent-questioned-over-idr-16-billion-school-uniform-procurement-1785376400",
        "date": "2026-07-30 07:38:35",
        "title": "Gowa Regent Questioned Over IDR 16 Billion School Uniform Procurement",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Gowa Regent Sitti Husniah Talenrang has been questioned by South Sulawesi police for eight hours regarding an alleged corruption case involving a IDR 16 billion school uniform procurement. Her lawyer stated she was asked 18 questions, primarily concerning public satisfaction with the free uniform programme. The regent attended as a witness and was described as cooperative, with the case emerging after a special committee questioned whether the 2025 budget was spent according to regulations.",
        "content": "<p>Gowa Regent Sitti Husniah Talenrang has undergone questioning at the\nSpecial Criminal Investigation Directorate of the South Sulawesi\nRegional Police in connection with an alleged corruption case involving\nthe procurement of free school uniforms for primary and junior high\nschools in 2025, valued at IDR 16 billion. \u201cWe must of course follow the\nrules regarding the investigator\u2019s summons,\u201d said Regent Husniah\nTalenrang at the South Sulawesi Police headquarters on Wednesday\n(29\/7).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the regent\u2019s legal counsel, Amirullah Mappaero, stated\nthat his client attended the investigator\u2019s summons and underwent eight\nhours of questioning, during which 18 questions were posed. \u201cThere were\naround 18 questions. She arrived at about 4 p.m.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Amirullah, his client was only asked for information\nregarding public satisfaction with the free uniform programme for\nprimary and junior high school students in Gowa Regency. \u201cThat was it,\nthey asked about the level of public satisfaction after the free uniform\nprogramme, just around that,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Amirullah noted that this was the first time his client had been\nquestioned regarding the alleged corruption case in the procurement of\nfree school uniforms at the Gowa Regency Education Office. \u201cHer capacity\nis as a witness. The regent is the general person in charge of the\ngovernment. She was summoned for the first time and attended\nimmediately. The point is, whenever she is summoned, she is\ncooperative,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, investigators from the Special Criminal Investigation\nDirectorate of the South Sulawesi Regional Police questioned Gowa Regent\nSitti Husniah Talenrang regarding the alleged corruption case in the\nprocurement of school uniforms for primary and junior high schools worth\nIDR 16 billion in 2025. The case came to light when a special committee\nof the Gowa Regional House of Representatives questioned whether the IDR\n16 billion budget allocated for the 2025 school uniform procurement was\nmanaged in accordance with applicable regulations.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/gowa-regent-questioned-over-idr-16-billion-school-uniform-procurement-1785376400",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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