Committee head named graft suspect

Committee head named graft suspect

JAMBI: The head of the budget committee at the Kerinci Regency
Council has officially been named a suspect in a graft case, a
senior prosecutor said on Saturday.

The chief of the Kerinci Prosecutor's Office, Ilman A.
Rachman, said councillor Zainal Arifin would be charged with
embezzling some Rp 1.3 billion (US$144,444) from the regency
budget between 1999 and 2004.

Ilman said the councillor was named a suspect after
prosecutors questioned eight witnesses in the case. -- JP