Anxious workers halt overseas trip<\/p>\n
BANJARNEGARA, Central Java: Some 300 workers bound for several
\nAsian countries rallied at a labor exporting company here to
\ndemand that it cancel their overseas trip for fear the unrest
\nduring the campaign season now underway for the June elections
\nwould affect the company.<\/p>\n
The workers also demanded a return of their registration fees,
\nwhich cost each of them Rp 3 million (US$370). The company, PT
\nDeveloper Asia Pasifik, had used some of the money for the
\ntraining expenses of the workers.<\/p>\n
\"We are afraid that the company will stop operating and its
\nmanagement will run away if election-related unrest prevails in
\nthe country,\" Aris, one of the protesters, said.<\/p>\n
\"We'd better end our dreams of working abroad than lose our
\nmoney,\" he added.<\/p>\n
He said he and his friends were disappointed with the company
\nfor delaying their departure from the original schedule of
\nNovember last year.<\/p>\n
Company director, Surachmad, was not available for comment.
\nHis staff said he was not in the office. (45)<\/p>",
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