Probe on deputy mayor urged

Probe on deputy mayor urged

BOGOR: A group of 21 non-governmental organizations urged West
Java governor to order police to start the investigation into the
newly elected Bogor deputy mayor Mochamad Sahid.

Sahid was accused for submitting a fake high school diploma to
run in the mayoral election.

The Joint Committee to Save Bogor (KBPKB) spokesman Deddy
Djumiawan Karyadi told media on Monday that an inquiry should be
held soon before the inauguration later this month.

The police has yet to start the probe into the incumbent Bogor
City Council chairman, as they have to obtain a gubernatorial
order beforehand.

During the election process, Sahid claimed he had graduated
from a Jakarta high school on April 3, 1997. However, he was not
able to present the original diploma at that time.

Jakarta education agency later confirmed that the diploma was
issued for a resident of Bekasi, and that the agency had never
issued a high school diploma for Sahid. -- JP