Officers quizzed over dumped meat case<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police are still investigating the involvement of two
\npolice officers in the dumping of meat at Bantar Gebang dump in
\nBekasi municipality.<\/p>\n
"Internal affairs are questioning them to find out who gave
\nthe order to escort the rotten meat to the dump. If they are
\nfound guilty, we will punish them," Jakarta Police chief Insp.
\nGen. Firman Gani said on Monday at City Hall after attending the
\nswearing in ceremony of City Council speaker Ade Surapriatna.<\/p>\n
Two policemen were reported for escorting six container trucks
\nloaded with a total of 18 tons of rotten meat from the Tanjung
\nPriok Port in North Jakarta early on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The City Sanitation Agency official in charge of Bantar Gebang
\ndump, Amir Sagala, said the policemen forced security guards at
\nthe dump to open the gate for the trucks.<\/p>\n
"The agency was not contacted by any party on the disposal of
\nthe rotten meat which took place late at night," he said.<\/p>\n
Of the six container trucks, only two managed to unload.<\/p>\n
Eleven scavengers are suffering from food poisoning after
\neating some of the meat, Amir said. Three of them were taken to a
\npublic health center for treatment.<\/p>\n
Bantar Gebang Police have confiscated three vans loaded with
\nmeat, ready for resale. However, reports said that more vans
\nloaded with the meat had already left the site.<\/p>\n
Head of a team in charge of destroying the confiscated meat at
\nTanjung Priok Port, HMP Hutasoit, acknowledged that the meat had
\nbeen seized at the port because it was imported illegally.<\/p>\n
He said that the team decided to dump the meat at Bantar
\nGebang since the meat incinerating facility owned by the Animal
\nQuarantine Center in Rawa Banteng, Bekasi, was unable to destroy
\nsuch a massive amount. -- JP<\/p>",
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