One thousand ballots stolen in N. Jakarta<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A box containing 1,000 ballot papers for the
\nJune 7 general election was stolen from a truck on Thursday
\nafternoon, an officer said over the weekend.<\/p>\n
City police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri Lubis said the missing
\nbox was among 1,017 boxes containing ballots to be sent to the
\nGeneral Election Commission (KPU).<\/p>\n
The truck reportedly had just left PT Sumber Bahagia, a
\nprinting company in the Pulogadung Industrial area, East Jakarta,
\nand the missing box was only noticed by the truck driver on Jl.
\nYos Sudarso, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"At a traffic light on Jl. Yos Sudarso, the driver, Muin, was
\ntold by a taxi driver that the canvas covering the back of his
\ntruck had been torn,\" Lubis said.<\/p>\n
Muin, 41, stopped the truck and examined the torn canvas. He
\nthen realized that one of the boxes had been stolen.<\/p>\n
It is strongly believed that the suspects had torn the canvas
\nbefore the truck left the printing company's area.<\/p>\n
The driver, Lubis said, reported the theft to a nearby police
\nstation, and then, accompanied by an employee of the printing
\ncompany, reported the theft to a staffer of KPU, Pandu P. Sutopo.<\/p>\n
Lubis said the motive behind the theft was still unclear as
\nthe investigation was still underway.<\/p>\n
\"I understand the public will easily speculate that the theft
\nwas politically motivated,\" Lubis said. (emf)<\/p>",
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