Jakarta – Of 524 local administration heads across the country, there are 160 who are undergoing legal processes, an official says.

"If it is proven that they are guilty, they will be discharged from their positions," Home Affairs Ministry Gamawan Fauzi said, as quoted by news portal tempointeraktif.com.

Gamawan spoke with journalists after a meeting on Monday with the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) members and Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo.

Gamawan said that as of February 2011, there were 160 local administration heads who had legal problems. Of those he had discharged 10.

He said that the Central Java province was in first place with 24 local administration heads having legal problems. He guessed that the number of local administration heads with legal problems would increase.