Medan, North Sumatra – Scores of people, naming themselves the North Sumatra People's Presidium (PMMU), rallied at Medan City Hall on Thursday urging Medan Mayor Rahudman Harahap to immediately step down due to alleged corruption.

In their address, they said they were ashamed of a corrupt leader who continued to lead Medan city.

"Medan residents are ashamed to have a corrupt leader. A person involved in corruption is not suitable to be mayor. Rahudman should step down because he has been named a graft suspect," rally coordinator Abdul Jafar addressed the crowd in front of the city hall on Thursday.

Jafar said the North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office should immediately examine and take legal action against Rahudman for graft. He said that prosecutors were still stalling the case. "If the prosecutor's office cannot resolve the graft case, then hand over full authority to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to handle it," said Jafar.

Last month, the prosecutor's office named Rahudman suspect for allegedly embezzling Rp 1.5 billion (US$166,500) when he served as South Tapanuli regency secretary in 2005.