15 former councillors named suspects

JAKARTA: Fifteen former councillors in Depok municipality were named suspects on Friday in a Rp 9 billion (US$970,141) graft case.

They will be summoned for questioning on Tuesday, Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Tjiptono said.

The 15 suspects, along with seven other suspects who have been detained since last week, were members of the Depok Council's budget committee.

The suspects allegedly misused Rp 9 billion from the Rp 15 billion 2002 budget.

They could be charged with violating the anticorruption law, which carries a minimum sentence of five years in jail and a maximum of life imprisonment. -- JP