Three suspected of abusing fund

PADANG: The West Sumatra Prosecutor's Office has identified three suspects in a graft case involving Rp 10 billion (US$1.1 million) in loans that were to be distributed to farmers in Pesisir Selatan regency.

Head of Pesisir Selatan agriculture agency Samsudarman, Bank Nagari Painan branch head Syahrial Hakim and K. Goentoro, director of farming equipment distributor PT AMJ, were named suspects on Saturday.

Samsudarman and Syahrial were questioned by prosecutors for the first time on Saturday. Goentoro did not appear for interrogation.

Head of investigation Faisal Abas said the three were suspected of embezzling loans that were allocated to farmers in the regency to purchase farming equipment. -- JP