Hundreds stage protest over fake diploma

DONGGALA, Central Sulawesi: Hundreds of residents staged a protest in front of the office of General Elections Commission (KPU) in Central Sulawesi, demanding that KPU officials in the province annul the installation of a local councillor.

The residents said in the protest that Nasrun Nawir, a newly elected provincial councillor from the United Development Party (PPP), had used a fake school diploma while running for office.

Nasrun had been found guilty by the Palu District Court of submitting a fake school diploma in the legislative election, but he received a letter recently from the provincial KPU, saying that he was one of new councillors slated to be installed on Sept. 25. The issuance of the letter sparked protests from the local residents. -- JP