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.