Probe into expired noodle case begins

Probe into expired noodle case begins

AMBON, Maluku: Ambon Police have begun investigating the expired
instant noodle scandal that recently hit refugee camps in Wainitu
subdistrict, Nusaniwe district, Ambon.

Chief of Ambon and Lease Islands Police Adj. Sr. Comr.
Leonidas Braksan said on Thursday the police had questioned eight
witnesses in connection with the case since Wednesday, including
several refugees and a local neighborhood unit chief.

The scandal was brought to light recently after officials at
the Maluku Social Welfare Office distributed hundreds of packs of
instant noodles as food aid to dozens of refugees in Wainitu. It
was discovered that some of the noodles had expired after several
refugees exhibited symptoms of mild food poisoning. -- JP