Five officials in scam probe

Five officials in scam probe

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: An investigation is underway on
five officials of the provincial education and culture ministry
office and four employees of a construction company for alleged
involvement in a Rp 1 billion scam centered on six school
building construction projects in the province.

"We will thoroughly investigate the case," Chief of the High
Court Poernama Munthe was quoted by Antara as saying here over
the weekend.

The Rp 3.1 billion construction projects, financed by the
Organization of Economic Council Fund (OECF), should have been
completed in the 1997/1998fiscal year.

He said PT Tridakon, which was contracted to carry out the
junior high school building construction, has yet to finish the
project and the nine suspects were still under arrest.

Poernama declined to identify the suspects. (rms)