Govt offices in Arso used as pig pens

Govt offices in Arso used as pig pens

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Four government offices in Arso subdistrict in Jayapura regency have been used to farm pigs after being abandoned for reasons that remain unclear.

Octavianus Gusbarger, an informal leader in Arso, said the agriculture ministry, and the plantation, fishery and family planning board offices had been used by local people as pig pens since they were abandoned months ago.

"The government offices have been left unoccupied and local people have used them as pig pens. The provincial government spent hundreds of millions of rupiahs to build the structures," he said here on Wednesday.

Gusbarger called on the regency legislative council to press the local government to revive the offices to allow them to provide services to the local people. --Antara