KPU sends new ballot papers<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) has sent
\n14,000 replacements for ballot papers which were dumped recently
\nin Deli River in North Sumatra.<\/p>\n
A KPU official in charge of transportation and delivery,
\nDarwis Gafar, said the new ballot papers were flown to Sumatra on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
A group of children found on May 22 bags of spoiled ballots
\nsupposed to be delivered to Tanah Karo regency. Darwis said the
\nballots were stolen by people who thought food or other valuable
\nthings were in the bags.<\/p>\n
Darwis said KPU had a reserve stock of 51 million ballots,
\napart from the 430 million sheets already dispatched across the
\narchipelago.<\/p>\n
He said KPU was still verifying reports of faulty ballots in
\nother parts of the country.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the head of the Central Java provincial election
\ncommittee, Hadi Pranoto, said tens of thousands of ballots
\ndelivered to Demak, Rembang and Banyumas were spoiled.<\/p>\n
He said punctures were found in many of the faulty ballots,
\nwhile others were either blurred or had no pictures. (har)<\/p>",
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