Kupang regent named suspect

Kupang regent named suspect

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Only two weeks after naming Kupang
Deputy Regent Ruben Funay a graft suspect, the East Nusa Tenggara
Prosecutor's Office has charged Kupang Regent Ibrahim Agustinus
Medah for graft.

Ibrahim will be prosecuted for approving the disbursement of
Rp 1 billion (US$100,000) in operational funds to Kupang
councillors.

The prosecutors claim that the disbursement was in violation
of the law as it is not covered by any regulation.

Seven other former councillors have also been named suspects
in the same case. The councillors were on the Kupang council
between 1999 and 2004. The Rp 1 billion was distributed to 40
councillors at the Kupang municipal council. -- JP