Sahid remains in detention

Sahid remains in detention

BOGOR: The prosecutor's office extended on Tuesday the
detention of deputy mayor M. Sahid for another 40 days, as the
investigation was still continuing over his involvement in an
alleged misuse of Rp 5.5 billion (US$597,826) of the council
budget in 2002 when he was the council speaker.

Top prosecutor Kornelis Lere said the investigators had
collected enough evidence to name more former councillors --
initially questioned as witnesses -- as suspects.

"We will announce the names of the new suspects in the next
few days ... we found that there is also another suspected misuse
of Rp 1.3 billion of the council's revised budget in 2002,"
Kornelis said. -- JP