DPD candidates submit fake IDs

JAKARTA: Many Regional Representative (DPD) candidates across the country have submitted fake identity cards (IDs) and copies of ID cards without the consent of the owners, a KPU member says.

"Many of those candidates have fictitious documents or copies of ID cards without the consent of the owners," Mulyana W. Kusumah said on Friday.

According to General Elections Commission (KPU) data released on Friday, all 73 DPD candidates registered in Jakarta must rectify their documents, as well as 59 candidates in West Java, 61 in Banten, 41 in West Java, 27 in Central Sulawesi and 15 in Papua.

In troubled province Aceh, 11 of 27 DPD candidates must also rectify and resubmit their documents, as well as 35 of 69 candidates in Central Java, and 27 of 34 in East Java.

Although the candidates are allowed by KPU to resubmit their documents, the Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) could investigate the candidates' actions to determine whether or not they had committed crimes, Mulyana said. --JP