Officials accused in dossiers scam

Officials accused in dossiers scam

MEDAN, North Sumatra: The head of the North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, Harahap, said on Tuesday that several regents, mayors, civil servants and project heads in the province were suspected of involvement in manipulating at least 200 dossiers here.

He said the errant officials fabricated dossiers to prove that their projects were still up and running and that they were being transparent in their accounting.

"Therefore they were able to obtain more fresh funding for their projects," he said.

Harahap, however, declined to disclose the officials names.

He said that based on Law No. 31/1991 on corruption, collusion and nepotism, people who manipulated dossiers could face a minimum jail term of six years.

He also said that 28 of the 200 cases had been brought to court while the rest were still being investigated. --JP