200 pedicab drivers invade camp

TANGERANG: Two professional boxers who beat a pedicab driver were forced to flee for their lives after 200 less-than-happy friends of the victim invaded a boxing training camp in Tangerang on Thursday.

Samin, a becak (three-wheeled pedicab driver), said his pedicab collided with a motorcycle driven by the boxers near the Tangerang Benteng Sport stadium on Jl. TMP Taruna at 11 p.m. on Wednesday.

"The boxers asked for money from me as compensation for the damage to their motorcycle. As a pedicab driver, I certainly have no money to pay for the compensation," he said.

The two boxers became angry and beat him up. They fled after several other pedicab drivers intervened.

About two hours later, 200 angry pedicab drivers stormed the stadium, forcing all the boxers to flee. There were no reported injuries. --JP