Senior treasurer charged with graft

MEDAN, North Sumatra: A senior government treasurer in Medan, who recently retired from his post, was accused on Saturday of embezzling state money amounting to Rp 417 million (US$44,361).

Edy Sofyan, the spokesman of the North Sumatra provincial government, said that the administration had reported the case to the police for further investigation.

The case surfaced after Ardi Susilo, the former treasurer at the North Sumatra provincial government's Refugee and Disaster Mitigation Task Force, retired last week.

He handed over the accounts to his successor after his retirement ceremony, but after an audit, it was revealed that he had embezzled Rp 417 million of taxpayers' money. -- JP