Education ministry officials arrested

Education ministry officials arrested

JAKARTA: Three officials from the Directorate General for
Higher Education at the Ministry of National Education have been
arrested for on corruption charges that allegedly inflicted
losses of around Rp 6 billion (US$615,000) for the state.

Dedy Abdul Halim, head of the academic lecturer empowerment
project 2004, along with staff members Elan Suherlan and Helmi
Untung, have been detained since July 25 at National Police
Headquarters. The graft case is being handled by the
interdepartmental anticorruption team.

Deputy head of the team Brig. Gen. Indarto said on Monday that
the suspects would be charged under Law No. 31/1999 on graft and
article 263 of the Criminal Code for document forgery.

Indarto said that the suspects forged documents sent to the
Directorate General for Budgeting Affairs at the Ministry of
Finance seeking Rp 6 billion in funds to finance the academic
lecturer empowerment project. -- JP