TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Administration is calculating the amount of money that Ratna Sarumpaet must return after she canceled her departure to Chile. Before being arrested by the Jakarta Police, Ratna wanted to attend the 2018 11th Women Playground International Conference.

“The money must be returned because (Ratna) canceled her departure,” said the Head of the Jakarta Bureau of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Muhammad Mawardi, Sunday, October 8.

Mawardi explained, after calculating how much the money that was not used, the Administration Bureau would write to Ratna regarding the Rp70 million fund received by her from the Jakarta administration.

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Ratna’s attorney, Insank Nasrudin, said that he did not know the obligation of his client to return the sponsor’s money. “There has been no letter from the provincial administration,” he said.

Chairman of the Commission B for Economic Affairs of the Jakarta Legislative Council, Abdurrahman Suhaimi, said the Tourism Office must explain the urgency of giving sponsor funds to Ratna Sarumpaet.

“We want to know the process,” said Suhaimi, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician.

Ratna Sarumpaet became a suspect and was detained in the Jakarta Police because of the case of spreading the hoax about the persecution to her.

LINDA HAIRANI