House to probe Sukhoi purchase

JAKARTA: The House of Representatives Commission I said on Tuesday it would establish a working committee to see if there were any irregularities in the recent procurement of four Sukhoi jet fighters from Russia.

"The Russian jet fighter procurement should be in the hands of the Ministry of Defense, not the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the National Logistics Agency," Vice Chairman of the Commission I Effendi Choirie said.

According to him, the Sukhoi procurement had violated regulations and did not follow procedures through the state budget.

"We'll set up a working committee to look into it," he said. - Antara