Jobseekers cheating upsets Siswono<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Transmigration and Resettlement of
\nForest Squatters Siswono Yudohusodo said Tuesday he would punish
\nany of the ministry staff who had cheated 288 job seekers.<\/p>\n
Siswono promised to investigate the problem, and threatened to
\ntake action against any official involved.<\/p>\n
He said people should not contact brokers to get jobs. \"They
\nshould have been extra careful before accepting job offers.\"<\/p>\n
Last Friday, 288 job seekers from Sumatra and Java arrived at
\nthe ministry carrying written job offers.<\/p>\n
The ministry's secretary-general, Ignatius Hardoyo, told them
\nthe ministry had not sent any letters of appointment to 1997\/1998
\njob openings.<\/p>\n
He showed them the signature of the ministry's personnel
\nbureau chief, Junaidi, which was different to the signature on
\ntheir letters.<\/p>\n
Some of the job seekers said they had paid between Rp 4
\nmillion (US$1,649) and Rp 10 million to the brokers who promised
\nthem the jobs. They had high school or university qualifications.<\/p>\n
\"I've spent more than Rp 10 million. This is really heart
\nbreaking,\" Purwito, a university graduate from Lampung, was
\nquoted by Antara as saying. (ste)<\/p>",
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