Golkar suspected of rice gift scam

Golkar suspected of rice gift scam

CILACAP, Central Java (JP): The government Election
Supervisory Committee said it was investigating reports in the
Kroya district of Golkar distributing free sacks of rice to
people with coupons bearing the party's logo.

Amir S. Fauzi, the committee chairman, said investigations
followed suspicions that the distributed five-kilogram sacks
belonged to the state.

The chairman of the Golkar branch in Cilacap, Sutoro
Ronoseputro, said the distribution was probably the initiative
Golkar's Kroya executives. "I think it's normal, why would anyone
not allow rice distribution," he said. (45)