JP\/2\/TRAIL<\/p>\n
Golkar and PDI-P supporters
\nclash in Sragen, car damaged<\/p>\n
SRAGEN, Central Java: Golkar Party supporters vandalized a car of
\nan official of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-
\nP) at dawn on Monday, after he distributed anti-Golkar fliers in
\nNewung subdistrict here.<\/p>\n
No fatalities or injuries were reported in the incident.<\/p>\n
The incident began when Heri, the secretary of PDI-P's Sragen
\nbranch, and four other party's supporters distributed the fliers
\nto local residents and posted them at strategic locations in
\nNewung subdistrict at 3:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
Some fliers stated \"Don't vote for Golkar\" and \"Don't vote for
\nthe oppressor party\".<\/p>\n
Several local residents, who were Golkar Party supporters,
\nquestioned the move and the supporters of the two rival parties
\nwere involved in a heated argument.<\/p>\n
Heri and four others were able to return to their car and
\nleave. But, as Heri sped off, local residents threw stones at the
\ncar causing extensive damage.<\/p>\n
Chief of Surakarta Police Precinct, which oversees Sragen
\nregency, Sr. Comr. Hasyim Irianto confirmed the incident, saying
\nthat the police were looking into the case. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nPolice-Manado-drunker<\/p>\n
JP\/2\/TRAIL<\/p>\n
Drunkard detained by police
\nfor disrupting poll<\/p>\n
MANADO, North Sulawesi: Chief of North Sulawesi Provincial Police
\nBrig. Gen. Jhon Lalo said on Monday that police officers under
\nhis command had arrested a drunkard for disrupting voting at a
\npolling station in Perkamil subdistrict here.<\/p>\n
The drunkard was transported to Manado Police Headquarters to
\nface charges, Jhon said in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi
\nprovince. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nPatients-Bandung-Hasan<\/p>\n
JP\/2\/TRAIL<\/p>\n
Three patients unable
\nto vote in Bandung<\/p>\n
BANDUNG: Three patients at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung were
\nunable to join the voting in the April 5 election as they fell
\nunconscious shortly before the election on Monday.<\/p>\n
The patients were reported as Titi, Uting and Ojoh.<\/p>\n
Sulaeman, a poll committee member, said that the story began
\nwhen he and his colleagues visited the hospital and brought the
\nballot papers from one hospital room to another for eligible
\npatients to vote.<\/p>\n
But, the committee members skipped the three patients after
\nthey discovered that the three were unconscious when they entered
\ntheir rooms.<\/p>\n
A nurse at the hospital said that the loss of consciousness
\nwas due to their condition. -- Antara
\n
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\nBalikpapan-rain-booth<\/p>\n
JP\/2\/TRAIL<\/p>\n
Rain washes out election
\nin Balikpapan<\/p>\n
BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: Dozens of polling stations in
\nBalikpapan had to be relocated on Monday due to heavy rain here
\nin order to salvage ballot papers and other poll materials.<\/p>\n
One of the areas affected by rain was Manggar subdistrict,
\nwhere poll committee members in two polling stations were seen
\nbusy transporting ballot papers and other documents from a two
\nseparate fields in the subdistrict to a house belonging to a
\nlocal resident.<\/p>\n
The incessant rain since early in the morning also prevented
\nmany people from coming to the stations.<\/p>\n
At one polling station, for example, some 220 people were
\nlisted, but up until noon on Monday, only four people had voted.
\n-- Antara<\/p>",
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