Regent questioned about overseas trips

ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: Provincial authorities here questioned on Tuesday Bireun Regent Mustafa Glanggang over trips he took abroad without the knowledge of the Aceh civil emergency administrator.

Mustafa is thought to have violated civil emergency rules by traveling to China and Japan on official visits without the consent of the civil emergency administration.

The spokesman for the civil emergency administration, Sr. Comr. Sayed Hoesayni, said Mustofa would be questioned by a team of 12 investigators from the National Police, the Indonesian Military, the Attorney General's Office and the home ministry.

In his defense, Mustofa said he traveled to China with officials from the Ministry of Resettlement and Regional Infrastructure to visit a dam, and to Japan to receive assistance from that country in the form of fire engines and ambulances. He said the trips were arranged by the central government. -- JP