Farmers' credit queried

Farmers' credit queried

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): The government could face
losing 60 percent of Rp 457 billion (US$65 million) in credit
earmarked for farmers in South Sulawesi due to corruption by
cooperatives and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), a
provincial legislator said.

The head of Commission B of the South Sulawesi provincial
legislature, Ambas Syam, said on Saturday he suspected officials
of cooperatives and NGOs were channeling most of the credit to
private companies or transferring it to their personal accounts.

He said the provincial legislature would form a task force to
investigate the alleged irregularities. (27)