Official accused of selling frequencies

JAKARTA: Legislators urged State Minister for Communications and Information Syamsul Mu'arif on Wednesday to clarify allegations a staff member at his office was selling broadcasting frequencies to businesspeople.

They said the staff member, who they identified by the initials BA, charged businesspeople applying for broadcasting frequencies between Rp 100 million and Rp 150 million.

While admitting that BA was a staff member at his office, Syamsul said assigning broadcasting frequencies was the responsibility of the Ministry of Transportation.

However, he said he would question the staff member concerned. --JP