Police in hot water over T-shirts

Police in hot water over T-shirts

YOGYAKARTA: Yogyakarta municipal police chief Sr. Comr.
Chondro Kirono confessed on Tuesday that his office had become a
transit point for thousands of campaign T-shirts emblazoned with
images of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Hasyim Muzadi.

In a media conference, the police officer said that the T-
shirts, which lay in a corner of his office, belonged to his
step-brother, Xena Riyakudu Arifat, who was due to distribute the
T-shirts to Megawati supporters in Bantul regency.

The incident, which was brought to light by the Yogyakarta
Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu), came only two weeks
after Banjarnegara police precinct held a gathering that
supported the presidential candidacy of Megawati Soekarnoputri.
-- JP