Deputy mayor reported for fraud

BOGOR: A non-governmental organization reported on Wednesday newly elected Bogor deputy mayor Mochamad Sahid to the police for submitting a fake high school diploma to run in the mayoral election.

Chairman of the Bogor chapter of the Movement Against Narcotics and Brawls (Gepenta) Rocky F Subun said Sahid submitted diploma No. 01.OB/P403006464, issued in 1997 for student ID number 3301851 by the Jakarta education agency, as his.

"But the head of secondary and tertiary education at the agency, Thahir Husein, has confirmed that the diploma was issued for someone with the initials ZH who resides in Bekasi, and that the agency had never issued a high school diploma for Sahid."

During the election process, Sahid claimed he had graduated from a Jakarta high school on April 3, 1997. However, he was not able to present the original diploma at that time.

Bogor Police chief of detectives Adj. Comr. Yayan Sofyan said the police would first check the report with the Jakarta education agency and the election committee. -- JP