Three suspected of abusing fund

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