Officials probed for shoddy work

DENPASAR, Bali: The Ministry of Justice's Inspector General's office is currently investigating three local officials and a private contractor company for possible discrepancies in the construction of the local administrative court building.

Local contractor CV Sarana Bhakti Jaya is being investigated in relation to Minister of Justice Oetojo Oesman's statement that the newly completed two billion rupiah building in Denpasar was of very low quality.

Officials yesterday would not elaborate further on the investigations. He added that they were conducting a marathon inquiry and that there might be more people who would need to be questioned.

Meanwhile, as reported by Antara yesterday, Hadi Chandra of CV Sarana Bhakti Jaya denied allegations that the company had sub- contracted the construction of the building to another firm PT Adicipta Saranatama.(mds)