Governor OKs police probe

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: East Nusa Tenggara Governor Piet A. Tallo issued a permit on Monday to allow the police to question the speaker of the Kupang municipal council, Dominggus Bolla, and eight other councillors at the municipal council.

The councillors will be questioned after being accused of embezzling monies earmarked for the Kupang municipal secretariat amounting to Rp 3 billion (US$333,333). -- JP