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Jayapura regional secretary arrested for graft
The Jayapura Prosecutorâs Office has detained city administration regional secretary RD Siahaya in relation to a corruption case involving the procurement of batik uniforms for civil servants at the Jayapura regional administration in 2012
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he Jayapura Prosecutor's Office hasdetained city administration regional secretary RD Siahaya in relation to acorruption case involving the procurement of batik uniforms for civil servants at the Jayapura regionaladministration in 2012.
Fudhoil Yamin, head of the Jayapura Prosecutor's Office, said Siahaya had signed for the funds' disbursement, which was marked up to Rp 1.7 billion (US$146,766) from the actual budget of Rp 1 billion.
'Siahaya will be detained from July 10 to 29 at the Jayapura prison. We have also detained John Betaubun and Wahyuni from the private sector,' Fudhoil said in Jayapura on Friday.
Fudhoil said further that Siahaya could face a maximum 20 years in prison, based on articles 2 and 3 of Law No. 31/1999 on corruption eradication.
Prior to his detention, Siahaya said he had been unaware of the details of the procurement because he had held a different position at the time.
'I was inaugurated in February this year, while this project was in 2012,' he added.
Separately, Jayapura Mayor Benhur Tommy Mano said he had appointed Zainuddin Konu, the city administration's assistant to the regional secretary, to replace Siahaya as acting regional secretary during Siahaya's detention. (gda/dic)
