Sutiyoso confesses to using DLLAJ's Harleys<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso admitted here on Friday that
\nhe utilized two Harley Davidson motorbikes belonging to the City
\nLand Transportation Agency (DLLAJ).<\/p>\n
However, he denied that he had appropriated them for private
\nuse. \"As a governor, I deserve to be guarded by DLLAJ officials
\non their Harleys,\" the governor said.<\/p>\n
Two DLLAJ officials riding Harleys guard Sutiyoso while
\ntraveling from his official residence to City Hall and anywhere
\nelse he travels in the course of conducting his gubernatorial
\nduties.<\/p>\n
The white Harleys are usually parked outside City Hall and,
\nafter being used for the governor's protection, are supposed to
\nbe returned to the DLLAJ garage. But now, according to a source
\nat City Hall, the Harleys are taken to the governor's official
\nresidence.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso reportedly owns at least three Harleys, which he has
\ncollected since serving with the army.<\/p>\n
Besides Sutiyoso, another senior official who has acquired a
\nHarley motorbike guard is the deputy governor for administrative
\naffairs, Abdul Kahfi.<\/p>\n
However, the administration's information division head,
\nMuhayat, confirmed that only the governor is entitled to the
\nprivilege of being guarded by the Harleys. \"Deputy governors are
\nnot entitled to such a privilege,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n
Abdul Kahfi acknowledged that he had used the DLLAJ'S Harleys
\nto guard his car.<\/p>\n
Separately, Amarullah Asbah, the head of Commission C for
\nbudgetary and financial affairs at the City Council, urged senior
\nCity Hall officials to return the Harleys to DLLAJ because they
\nwere bought with tax payers' money.<\/p>\n
He confirmed that officials can actually own other City Hall
\nassets, such as vehicles and furniture, but the items should be
\npurchased through a bidding process.<\/p>\n
\"If the senior officials commandeer the Harleys for private
\nuse, it means they have manipulated their authority,\" he said on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
As many as 11 Harley Davidson motorbikes belonging to DLLAJ
\nhave been claimed by 10 senior officials of the city
\nadministration and former governor Wiyogo Atmodarminto for
\nprivate use.<\/p>\n
The bikes were acquired by the administration in 1992 to guard
\nnational leaders attending the Non Aligned Movement Summit.<\/p>\n
Unlike the Harleys used by other senior officials, those used
\nby the governor's guards were acquired in 1997.(04)<\/p>",
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