AGO's Peculiar Project

Peculiarities in a project tender to computerize the Attorney General's Office (AGO) worth a hefty Rp200 billion have come to light. As the tender involves Spanish companies, Madrid has started to take a hand in the matter.

March 12, 2002

Unpleasant sounds continue to ring from the AGO compound. They originated from Project Simkari-2, intended to integrate the 380 public prosecutor's offices in this country into one computer network. A whopping budget of US$200 million (approximately Rp200 billion) for this project is expected to be defrayed with a soft loan from the Spanish government. Decided on toward the end of last January, the tall plan appeared, however, to contain a var

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