Irregularities found in seven provinces

Irregularities found in seven provinces

BANDUNG: The General Inspectorate of the Ministry of Home Affairs has said it had found at lest 674 cases of irregularities in the use of state funds in seven provinces.

The largest number were found in West Sumatra with 131 cases.

Of the 674 cases, at least 94 involved corruption (14 percent), while others respectively were violations of internal regulations (326 cases) and job shirking (88 cases), ministry deputy inspector-general Bambang T said.

He said the irregularities had caused losses of Rp 1.7 billion to the state. -- Antara