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Sarmi regent flown to Jakarta
A team of investigators from the Attorney Generalâs Office (AGO) brought Sarmi Regent Mesak Manibor to Jakarta after he was arrested at his house in Sarmi, west of Papuaâs provincial capital of Jayapura, at 2:30 a
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team of investigators from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) brought Sarmi Regent Mesak Manibor to Jakarta after he was arrested at his house in Sarmi, west of Papua's provincial capital of Jayapura, at 2:30 a.m. local time on Thursday.
'Regent Manibor was flown to Jakarta on a commercial flight via Sentani Airport in Jayapura regency at 12:30 p.m. His arrest was carried out smoothly,' said Papua Police spokesperson Sr.Comr.Rudolf Patrige in Jayapura on Thursday.
The AGO team arrested the top figure in Sarmi regency with support from the Papua Police's criminal investigation directorate officers. Twenty-five personnel from the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit led by Adj.Sr.Comr.Nurhabri, the directorate's chief who was also Sarmi Police chief in 2014, backed up the arrest.
The AGO has named Manibor a suspect in a graft case related to the regency's regional budget (APBD) for the period of 2012-2013, amounting to Rp 4.5 trillion (US$346.5 million).
The AGO says it is also investigating the regent's involvement in case centering on the alleged misuse of 2013 social assistance funds (Bansos). (ebf)(+++)
