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NGOs demand probe of quake aid distribution
JAKARTA: Activists urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take over the Attorney General's investigation of allegations of corruption linked to aid for earthquake victims in Klaten regency, Central Java
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AKARTA: Activists urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take over the Attorney General's investigation of allegations of corruption linked to aid for earthquake victims in Klaten regency, Central Java.
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake devastated Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces on May 27, 2006, killing more than 5,000 people and injuring more than 1 million.
"We've found indications that the number of residents affected had increased, and even doubled in some districts, after the earthquake.
The increase in numbers seemed to be too structured and systematic," Eko Haryanto, secretary for the Central Java Committee for the Investigation and Eradication of Corruption, Collusion and Nepotism, said Friday.
The committee is working with the the Indonesia Corruption Watch and the Center for Social Enterprise and Control Development.
Eko added that there were problems with the distribution of rehabilitation and reconstruction funds that did not reach the beneficiaries and shortfalls in funds earmarked for the sub-district and district levels. "One family had only received Rp 4.5 million *US$502* instead of Rp 6.5 million initially allocated in the local budget," said Eko.
He estimated that the alleged corruption had cost the state Rp 275.19 billion. - JP
