Councilor sacked over scandal

Fri, 17 Mar 1995

SEMARANG: A member of the Semarang City Council has been removed by the United Development Party (PPP) faction because of an alleged sex scandal involving him and his domestic servant

The PPP faction has announced that Idham Cholid will fill the seat vacated by the councilor, identified by Antara only by his initials BM.

Faction chairman Makmun Banaji said Idham would be installed into the council in a ceremony on March 27 and would be assigned to Commission B which deals with economic affairs.

The decision to fire BM was supported by the chairman of the Central Java chapter of PPP, Ahmad Karmani, who said that it was necessary to maintain the integrity and image of the party. (emb)

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