Graft indicated in SMP 56 deal

Graft indicated in SMP 56 deal

JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office has found indications
of corruption in the land swap deal between PT Tata Disantara,
owned by businessman Abdul Latief, and the Jakarta National
Education Office.

At the center of the controversial deal is state junior high
school SMP 56. The school made headlines when dozens of its
students and teachers refused to leave, eventually holding
classes outside when the city seized the school on Nov. 17.

"We have enough evidence showing irregularities in the land
swap deal," Soehandoyo, an official at the Attorney General's
Office, said on Wednesday as quoted by Tempointeraktif.

Soehandoyo declined to name any suspects or to say whether
Governor Sutiyoso was implicated in the alleged corruption.

Meanwhile, a group of protesters led by Nurlela, an SMP 56
teacher, demanded that the Attorney General arrest and try the
corruption suspects. -- JP