Bali Police arrest two for exam leaks

Bali Police arrest two for exam leaks

DENPASAR, Bali: Local police have arrested two men believed to
have revealed the contents of the province's high school final
examination, an official said here on Thursday.

Police identified the suspects only as KBD, 30, an employee of
a local printing company allegedly paid to print the examination
papers, and unemployed IBS, 25, Bali Police spokesman Maj. Y.
Suyatmo said.

The arrests occurred after police, with the help of the local
office of the education ministry, questioned 14 witnesses and
collected evidence, he said.

Suyatmo said the preliminary investigation had revealed
evidence that KBD stole leftover examination papers for civics,
English and Japanese subjects at midnight on April 26.

On the following day, the suspect allegedly took a copy of the
mathematics examination paper.

KBD then photocopied the stolen documents and asked IBS to
offer the papers to students, particularly to wealthy students at
the SMUN I state senior high school, Suyatmo said.

According to the police spokesman, the two suspects sold
copies of the examination papers for between Rp 200,000 and Rp
250,000 each.

The officer did not reveal how much money the two were thought
to have collected in the sales. The two face jail terms if they
are convicted of leaking secret state documents.