Farmers want Nurdin charged

Farmers want Nurdin charged

JAKARTA: The Association of Indonesian Sugarcane Farmers
chairman Arum Sabil said on Tuesday lawmaker Nurdin Halid was the
mastermind behind the smuggling of at least 56,000 of over 70,000
tons of sugar into the country.

"We are the first organization to leak the scandal to the
public. We know exactly Nurdin's role in the scam. He should be
declared a suspect," he said.

Arum made the claim after submitting more evidence to National
Police Headquarters against Nurdin, who is also the Confederation
of Primary Cooperatives Association (Inkud) chairman.

Nurdin should have been grilled on Monday by police who
summoned him for the second time to appear on Thursday. -- JP