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