SEA Games cars

SEA Games cars

From Suara Karya

According to media reports, the organizing committee of SEA Games XIX, held in Jakarta in October 1997, imported luxury cars for the purpose of this event. These cars were reportedly exempt from import duty.

Of course, these luxury cars were imported to be used by the participants of the Games. However, one may wonder where these luxury cars are now.

I am curious about this matter after reading the accountability report of the consortium assigned to organize the Games to the effect that it sustained billions of rupiah in losses. The report said nothing about the luxury cars nor what had become of them.

Well, where are the cars now? In fact, these luxury cars could be used to cover the losses by selling them to the public.

One may harbor a suspicion, then. Who knows whether certain individuals in the consortium/organizing committee sold these cars? It seems the state minister of youth and sports affairs and the central board of the National Sports Council (KONI) must seriously look into this matter, especially now that there is an economic crisis. Do not let certain individuals from the consortium or the organizing committee benefit from this.

I hope the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI), which has been investigating irregular use of public funds in sports, will inquire about this matter from the minister of youth and sports affairs and the central board of KONI. Who knows, these cars may have been distributed among certain people to enrich themselves.

ENDAH SUSILOWATI MARGONO

Jakarta