Police seize haul of fake mobile phone batteries<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives arrested on Saturday the
\nowner of a small factory in Central Jakarta which allegedly
\nproduced fake cellular phone batteries.<\/p>\n
The suspect, Antoni, 32, was arrested following a raid on
\nThursday at the four-story factory, which also functioned as a
\ndistributing agent for the products, on Jl. Pangeran Jayakarta.<\/p>\n
\"Police arrested 10 employees of the small factory, including
\nmanager Denny Setiawan and technician Dadang Rusandi,\" city
\npolice detectives chief Col. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo said in a
\nmedia conference at city police headquarters on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Denny and Dadang identified Antoni as the owner of the
\nfactory, said Alex.<\/p>\n
\"Police began a hunt for Antoni and arrested him in a hotel in
\nCentral Jakarta.\"<\/p>\n
Alex said the police seized 600 fake cellular phone batteries
\nof brands including Nokia, Ericsson, Siemens, Motorola and
\nSamsung, hundreds of labels, three battery-pressing machines and
\nhundreds of battery components.<\/p>\n
\"Police also confiscated hundreds of unfinished fake cellular
\nphone batteries.\" Alex added that the factory was in operation
\nwhen the raid occurred.<\/p>\n
Antoni reportedly admitted he did not have an industrial
\nbusiness permit, which is required for the establishment of a
\nfactory here.<\/p>\n
\"He also did not have licenses from cellular phone battery
\nproducers to produce the batteries.\"<\/p>\n
The suspect ran the factory since last August with a capacity
\nof 500 cellular phone batteries per day, he said.<\/p>\n
\"The suspect said that it was his own idea to operate the
\nfactory since he is interested in electronics.\"<\/p>\n
Alex said Antoni was a dropout of a school of electrical
\nengineering at a private university in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
He said the suspect imported materials and components for the
\nfake cellular phone batteries from China.<\/p>\n
\"The materials were assembled and packed by the employees,
\nsupervised by the suspect, the factory manager Denny and the
\ntechnician Dadang,\" he said, quoting from Antoni's statement to
\npolice.<\/p>\n
Alex said the labels were made by a printing company here on a
\nsubcontract basis.<\/p>\n
He said the products were distributed to shops located in the
\npopular electronic shopping centers Roxy Mas and ITC Mangga Dua,
\nboth in West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"The products were sold for Rp 50,000 each. The shops then
\nsold the products to the public for Rp 100,000,\" said Alex.<\/p>\n
He said the suspect violated articles 81, 82 and 84 of the
\n1997 Law on Trademarks for producing and distributing fake
\nindustrial products. Convictions carry a maximum punishment of
\nseven years in prison.<\/p>\n
Alex said Antoni could also be tried for violating Article 382
\nof the Criminal Code for unfair business practices, which brought
\nlosses to the producers of licensed cellular phone batteries. It
\ncarries a maximum sentence of one year and four months in jail.<\/p>\n
The police official said the suspect also violated articles
\n24, 25, 26 and 27 of the 1984 Law on Industrial Affairs, since
\nAntoni operated his factory without any industrial business
\nlicenses. The police investigation is under way and police have
\nyet to decide on the legal status of the 10 employees. (asa)<\/p>",
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