WB aid allegedly corrupted

WB aid allegedly corrupted

TANGERANG: The Tangerang Municipality's Control Body (Bawasda)
will investigate the alleged misappropriation of Rp 1.5 billion
(US$176,470) allocated to install a website network in
administration offices since 2001.

The case arose when the World Bank, which donated Rp 1.3
billion for the work, asked for a report on the project.

Dedi Rosadi, a municipality official, said the project, which
was to have begun in 2001, was not yet complete because "the
administration hasn't appointed a website master".

"Besides, we don't have a web server yet ... worse, several
district offices still do not have fixed-line telephones," he
said over the weekend.

Another official connected to the project, Dadang Durahman,
said the administration had used Rp 600 million of the Rp 1.5
billion to establish a community hot line, while the remaining
money had been used to computerize data at the municipality's
Capital Investment and Permit Office. -- JP