Jakarta, Aug. 12 -- Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf has said that his ministry has stopped social aid payments for 55 thousand recipients deemed ineligible for the aid due to their status as civil servants or state-owned company employees.

There are more than 100 thousand recipients who are not eligible for the social aid, the minister, colloquially known as Gus Ipul, informed here on Tuesday.

With payments stopped for 55 thousand ineligible recipients, his administration is now focusing on halting social aid for the remaining 44 thousand.

Besides civil servants and state-owned company employees, the ineligible aid recipients include National Defense Force (TNI) and police personnel, doctors, lecturers, managers, executives, an...