Toll supervisor testifies in court<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A construction supervisor of the Grogol
\noverpass, which collapsed in March killing three workers, denied
\nthe defendant the defendant in trial resulting from the accident
\nhad ordered him to remove the bracings supporting a section of
\nthe construction.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant never ordered me to take off the bracings,\"
\nMansyur told the West Jakarta District Court.<\/p>\n
Mansyur is one of three supervisors who must get their boss'
\napproval before making important changes to the overpass's
\nconstruction.<\/p>\n
Mansyur has worked for four years for PT Hanbo Bumi Karsa, the
\nSouth Korean and Indonesian joint venture that built the
\noverpass. He said he had successfully supervised the building of
\nfour similar overpasses in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The suspect is charged with negligence causing 30 meters of
\nthe overpass to collapse. He faces a maximum five years in
\nprison.<\/p>\n
The testimony came after the 35-year-old defendant asked
\nMansyur whether he had ever been ordered to remove the important
\nbracings before the recommended period.<\/p>\n
\"Every worker knows that the bracings can not be removed until
\nthree weeks after the concrete has dried,\" said Mansyur, who was
\nnot at the scene when the accident took place, on the morning of
\nMarch 22, because he was sick.<\/p>\n
He said the concrete was poured on March 19, four days before
\nthe collapse.<\/p>\n
Mansyur said the day before the accident the defendant ordered
\nhim only to remove other parts of the construction, not the
\nbracings. \"He asked me to put up the barrier and the wing pipes,
\nthe upper parts of the overpass construction.\"<\/p>\n
He said the upper parts of the overpass did not affect the
\nmain supporting construction which holds up a section of the loop
\nramp.<\/p>\n
Other construction workers, who earlier testified, said it was
\nthe first time they had seen bracings removed so quickly. They
\nsaid it usually took two to three weeks.<\/p>\n
Presiding Judge M. Suleman adjourned the trial until next week
\nbecause he wants to have a look at the scene. (16)<\/p>",
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