Prosecutors quiz ministry official

Prosecutors quiz ministry official

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Provincial Prosecutor's Office questioned
Ministry of Transportation Secretary-General Umar Rusdi on
Wednesday in connection with a corruption case involving budget
funds spent on a 2003 project for the computerized administration
of state revenues.

The project was administered by the ministry's Directorate
General of Sea Transportation and involved the inputting of data
on non-tax revenue receipts. The State Audit Agency has
identified irregularities in the Rp 40 billion (US$4.16 million)
project.

Umar was questioned as a witness, but provincial prosecutor's
office chief Rusdi Taher said he could be named a suspect
depending on the outcome of the investigation.

Prosecutors have already named Harun Letlet and Tarcisius Walla
as suspects in the case. The two were jailed in another case for
eight years and seven years consecutively on Tuesday.

The prosecutors have questioned the Director General of Sea
Transportation Tjuk Sukardiman and will soon question the
ministry's treasurer and budget director. -- Antara