SBY approves more detention requests

JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono approved on Wednesday new requests from prosecutors to question and detain two regents and one mayor implicated in graft cases.

Prosecutors want to question the regents of Lamandau in Central Kalimantan and Bone Bolanga in Gorontalo, and the mayor of Prabumulih, South Sumatra.

Presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said all three had been named suspects in graft cases.

He added that the President had approved a total of 63 requests to question and detain governors, regents, mayors and legislators implicated in graft cases. --Antara