Prosecutors to speed up graft probe

Prosecutors to speed up graft probe

MANADO, North Sulawesi: The chief of the North Sulawesi
Prosecutor's Office, Nelson Worotikan, has ordered his office to
speed up investigations into seven high-profile corruption cases
in the province.

The cases include alleged graft in the purchase of the Manado
Beach Hotel that cost the state some Rp 11.3 billion (US$1.25
million) in losses.

A suspect in that case, JJS, a deputy secretary in the
provincial administration, is currently being questioned by the
North Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office, said Herlie Robert Ilat, the
spokesman for the office. -- JP