Police questions secretary

Police questions secretary

JAKARTA (JP): Police summoned and questioned the secretary of
a senior official of the finance ministry on Tuesday in relation
to the discovery of a traveler's cheque in an envelope addressed
to legislator Aberson Marle Sihaloho at the House of
Representatives.

Elly, secretary to Anshari Ritonga, the director general of
budget at the finance ministry, was questioned at National Police
Headquarters for almost two hours.

"We have yet to summon Ritonga and Aberson, but we plan to do
so in the near future," Brig. Gen. Bakat Purwanto, director of
corruption crimes at National Police Headquarters told The
Jakarta Post.

On Sept. 12, Sandi, a cleaner at the House, found a Rp 10
million (US$1,063) traveler's cheque in an envelope from Anshari
Ritonga's office, addressed to Aberson of the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle.

Sandi later returned the envelope to Anshari's secretary Elly.

Aberson denied having received any sum of money from
Anshari.(06)