Poll commission head fired

TANGERANG: The General Elections Commission (KPU) has officially dismissed the head of the Tangerang chapter of the KPU, Adi Warman, following allegations of corruption.

KPU Tangerang secretary Wawan Kustanto confirmed on Monday the dismissal, but refused to give a reason.

"We won't make this public," he said.

The decision to dismiss Adi was made by the KPU last Thursday, according to Wawan, but the notice was only received on Saturday.

Students and activists had been demanding that Adi step down for allegedly misusing KPU funds.

He also was accused of slandering a fellow KPU member, charging him with misusing the KPU budget.

Adi is a lawyer whose last case involved a legal dispute among members of the Tangerang branch of the Golkar Party. -- JP