New Tangerang chief prosecutor

TANGERANG (JP): Nelson Edward Worotikan was installed as the new Tangerang chief prosecutor yesterday, replacing AH Ritonga, who will be posted at the Attorney General's Office in Jakarta.

Chief of the West Java Provincial Prosecutor's Office Abdul Rahem urged the new chief prosecutor to speed up the process of various cases, ranging from corruption and collusion to manipulation and malfeasance, which cause the government big financial losses.

Abdul Rahem said that the existence of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang had resulted in the rising number of illegal trading activities, especially the smuggling of Ecstasy pills.

"In the period between July 1996 and September this year, at least 45 cases of Ecstasy smuggling were uncovered," he said. (41/hhr)