270 sailors sue shipping firm

Thu, 13 Jul 1995, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta district court opened on
Tuesday the trial of an executive of a shipping company charged
with swindling 270 sailors.

In the courtroom packed with angry sailors, Carel Simon was
charged with cheating the seamen who had paid between Rp 1
million and Rp 2.7 million ($446-$1,200) to get employment at his
company PT Agha Prindo Satria.

The trial session almost turned into chaos and was adjourned
until July 18 after the angry sailors demanded that the chief
commissioner of the company, Johana Winowodo TA, was also
arraigned to court on the same charges.

Johan Joni, one of the plaintiffs, said that the sailors did
not get the jobs with Tatsumi Maru tankers as promised. He said
that the company raked at least Rp 400 million from the seamen,
who has work experience of at least two years.

He said the plaintiffs were lured by PT Agha Prindo's promise
that they would earn at least US$1,000 a month, Antara reported.
(pan)

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