Papuan students demand graft probe

JAYAPURA, Papua: Some 100 Papuan students staged a protest outside the Papua Provincial Council building demanding that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono approve a graft investigation into Jayawijaya Regent David Hubi.

Hubi is accused of embezzling Rp 100 billion (US$10.4 million) from the 2002 and 2003 Jayawijaya budgets.

According to the students, the National Police had submitted a request to the President to be allowed to question Hubi. The President is expected to give his consent soon. -- JP