Graft cases mean Rp 267b losses

SAMARINDA: The state has suffered at least Rp 267.4 billion (US$29.6 million) in losses from 15 graft cases in East Kalimantan in recent months, in which 21 people have been named suspects by local prosecutors.

The biggest case, in which Berau Regent Masjuni had been named a suspect for allegedly misappropriating Rp 88 billion from the exclusive Forest Resource Provision Funds, was being handled directly by the Attorney General's Office.

"We will do our best to submit the cases to court by the end of February," said head of the East Kalimantan Prosecutor's Office, Masri Djinin. --JP