Civil servant test leak probed

MEDAN, North Sumatra: The local administration is investigating a rumor that materials for civil servant recruitment tests had been sold to applicants.

Each copy of the exam was sold for a maximum Rp 10 million (US$1,063), said North Sumatra Secretary Muchyan Tambuse.

The rumor of the leaked exam surfaced two days before the civil servant entrance exam for North Sumatra was to be held on Nov. 24.

A total of 165,556 people have filed application materials and are ready to take the test, of whom only 7,324 will be accepted as civil servants at the regental, municipal and provincial levels.

The test will go on as planned, despite the alleged leakage. -- JP