Doctor named graft suspect

Thu, 01 May 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Prosecutors have named a doctor from a
local hospital a suspect in the embezzlement of money earmarked
for health projects last year.

Head of the Medan Prosecutor's Office Nawir Anas said on
Wednesday that the suspect, identified only as 45-year-old Dr.
DN, had illegally taken a 30 percent commission from hospital
projects funded by the fuel subsidy.

Nawir did not mention the value of the projects. Last year,
Medan received a Rp 21.9 billion (about US$2.4 million) fuel
subsidy.

The central government disbursed the funds to alleviate the
impact of higher fuel prices on the poor, after its move to
gradually eliminate fuel subsidies for the general public.

Nawir said the suspect worked at the Adam Malik General
Hospital in Medan. Prosecutors, he added, had so far questioned
25 witnesses in connection with the case.

"In the near future we will question him (Dr. DN) again, but
this time as a suspect and not as a witness," he said. -- Antara

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