Mayor sworn in amid fraud case

Mayor sworn in amid fraud case

BOGOR: Mayor-elect Diani Budiarto and deputy mayor-elect
Mochammad Sahid were sworn in by West Java Governor Danny
Setiawan on Wednesday, amid a controversial allegation that Sahid
had submitted a fake high school diploma to become eligible for
the election.

The ceremony itself was conducted under tight security by
Bogor Police, after threats were made from non-governmental
organizations, who said they would protest the inauguration.

Councillor Ahmad Ru'yat said after the ceremony that they had
questioned the result of the election due to the fake diploma
allegation.

"This is a reality in politics here, and so reluctantly, we
have to comply. We do, however, regret the city council's
decision to ignore the public's demand to at least conduct
further investigations into this very serious allegation," he
said. -- JP