Official grilled for drunk-driving

JAKARTA: Head of Central Jakarta Public Order Agency Frans Silalahi was questioned by police on Friday for alleged drunkenness.

Criminal unit head of Taman Sari subprecinct in West Jakarta First Insp. Pujiarto said police arrested him early Friday in a taxi.

Pujiarto refused to give detailed information, but a source in the Central Jakarta municipality said that Frans had been arrested by police.

"I was informed that he came out of a restaurant drank. Then, he went around the city without any destination in a taxi. When the meter showed Rp 100,000, he hit the driver. He got out of that taxi and entered another one.

Head of the City Public Order Agency Soebagio said Frans would lose his job if found guilty. --Antara