Alleged graft puts official in hot water

Alleged graft puts official in hot water

JAMBI: An antigraft activist urged prosecutors on Tuesday to
ensure that an alleged graft case involving a top official with
the Muarojambi regental government be investigated quickly and
thoroughly. "We are demanding the prosecutors to probe the case
as soon as possible," said Eko Putro, a spokesman for an
organization calling itself the Anticorruption Movement.

Eko said that the director of the Muarojambi Public Works
Office, Suprijono, had allegedly been responsible for
irregularities in three projects worth Rp 788 million
(US$83,829). All of the money came from last year's budget.

The projects, one of them involving the construction of a
bridge, should have been completed by early this year, but this
did not happen. Irregularities were also suspected regarding the
selection of the contractor for the projects, with all of them
being given to one contractor, CV Kenanga Indah.

"This has sparked suspicion that there was collusion between
the director of the public works office and this construction
company," said Eko. -- JP