40 questioned over rioting<\/p>\n
PURWODADI, Central Java: Police here are questioning 40 people
\nin connection with a riot on New Year's Eve that led to a house,
\ntwo forest police posts and two police motorbikes being set on
\nfire.<\/p>\n
Chief of the local police precinct, Lt. Col. Cornelis, said
\nyesterday the people were among hundreds of villagers of
\nGinggangtani, 40 kilometers southeast of Semarang, who ran amok
\nfollowing rumors that their neighbor had been shot to death by
\nforest police who caught him attempting to steal logs.<\/p>\n
"We are hunting down other suspects on charges of causing the
\nriot and wounding some police officers," Cornelis said.<\/p>\n
Nobody was killed in the incident.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the local forestry office, Sundoro, told The
\nJakarta Post the forest police shot Kodri, 30, in self-defense.<\/p>\n
"Police fired bullets in the air, asking Kodri and those in
\nhis company who committed the theft to surrender, but they defied
\nthe order and fought back," Sundoro said.<\/p>\n
Three police officers were beaten in the brawl, said Sundoro.
\nKodri hurt his jaw after a bullet grazed it. He was admitted to
\nPanti Wilasa Hospital in Semarang.<\/p>\n
Sundoro said log thefts were rampant here, compared to other
\ntowns in the province. (har)<\/p>",
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