Councillors return cash, motorcycle

PALU, Central Sulawesi: Fearing corruption charges, former Donggala councillors returned some of what they had taken on Monday to the Central Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office.

Former councillor Hafip Ponulele handed over a motorcycle last Friday, while former councillor Peterson Tampusu handed over a Yamaha motorcycle and Rp 5 million (US$532) cash to provincial councillors on Monday.

The cash and the motorcycle came from the regency's 2003 budget that prosecutors claim was corrupted by the former councillors. The total amount allegedly embezzled by the former Donggala councillors reached Rp 7.8 billion. -- JP