Council to summon 14 principals

Council to summon 14 principals

JAKARTA: The City Council will summon next week 14 elementary
school principals in Kalideres, West Jakarta, who redirected Rp
300 million (US$33,000) of the city's assistance funds for 6,154
poor students.

Chairman of the council's Commission E for people's welfare
Dani Anwar said on Tuesday that the misappropriation was revealed
during a hearing with the Jakarta Education Agency on Monday,
following a recent finding on the use of scholarship funds at
junior high school SMP 232 in Pulogadung, East Jakarta, to
furbish the principal's office.

Separately, the Jakarta Police will quiz on Wednesday SMP 232
principal Tri Jumena, as well as City Basic Education Agency head
Sylviana Murni as witnesses in the alleged fraud.

Sylviana previously argued that the use of scholarship money
to purchase school equipment and appliances was permissible as
long as it was with the consent of the school committee.

"We will concentrate on this case first. We will investigate
other schools if we find embezzlement there," said city police
spokesman Tjiptono. -- JP