Governor reveals graft at office

Governor reveals graft at office

SEMARANG, Central Java: Governor Soewardi has uncovered a scam involving his officials who extorted money from candidates registering to enter the civil service.

Soewardi told The Jakarta Post of a deception in his office, in which only 550 of the 1,107 civil servant job openings were officially declared while the remaining 557 were secretly tendered off to candidates for millions of rupiah.

The head of the personnel department Abdullah Budiarto and regional secretary Pudjihardjo were removed from their posts this month in the wake of the scandal.

"I will act firmly against those who are proven to be involved," Soewardi said.(har/mds)