Kalimantan police need more cash

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The recently opened Rp 68 billion (US$7.5 million) provincial police headquarters in East Kalimantan is only the first building in a planned Rp 118 billion project, a police spokeswoman says.

Adj. Sr. Comr. Enny Astuti said on Friday the building was the main office premises in the complex and did not include support facilities.

"We have allocated total of Rp 118 billion to build the main building and other buildings, including an arsenal storage facility and a mosque, in the 82,000 square-meter wide provincial police headquarters," she said.

Enny said she expected the project would be completed soon.

However, East Kalimantan provincial administration spokesman Jauhar Effendi questioned the amount police were spending on the project. -- JP