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        "msgid": "kahfi-to-fill-vacant-city-post-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-05-12 00:00:00",
        "title": "Kahfi to fill vacant city post",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "summary": "Kahfi to fill vacant city post JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Administrative affairs Abdul Kahfi will temporarily take over the position of head of the city inspectorate office, currently held by Sutardjianto, who has been detained for his alleged involvement in a Rp 2.6 billion land scam, an official said on Tuesday. The city secretary's assistant for administrative affairs, Ma'mun Amin, said Kahfi would hold the position for only about one month.",
        "content": "<p>Kahfi to fill vacant city post<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Administrative affairs Abdul<br>\nKahfi will temporarily take over the position of head of the city<br>\ninspectorate office, currently held by Sutardjianto, who has been<br>\ndetained for his alleged involvement in a Rp 2.6 billion land<br>\nscam, an official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The city secretary's assistant for administrative affairs,<br>\nMa'mun Amin, said Kahfi would hold the position for only about<br>\none month.<\/p>\n<p>\"After that we will choose a permanent official,\" he told<br>\nreporters at City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Sutiyoso said on Monday that Sutardjianto, who is<br>\nbeing detained at Salemba Penitentiary, automatically became<br>\ninactive as head of the inspectorate office as soon as he was<br>\nsuspected of being involved in the corruption case.<\/p>\n<p>Sutardjianto, the former West Jakarta mayor, was arrested on<br>\nFriday afternoon after being questioned about his involvement in<br>\nland sales in 1996. The sale of two city-owned 1.9-hectare plots<br>\nof land in West Jakarta reportedly enriched him by Rp 2.6<br>\nbillion.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect's lawyer, Luhut M. Pangaribuan, said on Tuesday he<br>\nhad submitted that morning a formal request for Sutardjianto's<br>\nrelease to the head of the West Jakarta prosecutor's office.<\/p>\n<p>\"The detention status will then be up to the authority,\" he<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>City councilors and a lawyer urged the Jakarta Prosecutor's<br>\nOffice on Monday to question Kahfi, the head of the city's reform<br>\nteam, for his suspected attempts to conceal the alleged land scam<br>\ninvolving Sutardjianto.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted separately by The Jakarta Post on Monday, lawyer<br>\nApong Herlina from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute and several<br>\ncouncilors said Kahfi and his team had to be questioned because<br>\nthey previously declared Sutardjianto cleared of all charges.<\/p>\n<p>Apong said those guilty of covering up crimes could be<br>\nsentenced as stipulated in prevailing laws on corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\"In this case, the reform team can be said to have been<br>\ninvolved in the crime,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting Apong, councilor Ali Imran Husein also suspected<br>\nthat certain administration officials had a hidden agenda, namely<br>\nto smear Governor Sutiyoso's reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\"The city officials should have known of Sutardjianto's<br>\ncorruption case when he was West Jakarta mayor. Why then did they<br>\nrecommended him as head of the inspectorate?\" Ali questioned.<br>\n(ind)<\/p>",
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