Senior councillor return graft money

Senior councillor return graft money

JAMBI: Rustam Effendi, a former councillor in East Tanjungjabung
regency, has recently returned Rp 130 million (US$13,829) in
state funds that he allegedly embezzled, but the Jambi
Prosecutor's Office remains adamant that he will still be tried
for corruption.

"Despite the fact that he has returned some of the money, the
alleged crime already took place," said Warsa Susanta, a deputy
chief of Jambi Prosecutor's Office, on Saturday.

Rustam, the former deputy speaker of the East Tanjungjabung
legislative council during the 1999-2004 term, was named a
suspect after he was accused of embezzling some Rp 200 million.
-- JP