Alleged vandal faces jail term

Alleged vandal faces jail term

BOGOR (JP): The Bogor district court was asked yesterday to
sentence a man to three months in jail for damaging a public
telephone facility on Jl. Raya Bogor-Jakarta in Cimanggis.

Prosecutor Amiek Mulandari said in her sentence request that
the defendant, Robin Manalu, 27, and a friend identified as
Mangotang Hutasoit were drunk when they alighted from a public
transportation vehicle at 9 p.m. on Feb. 12.

"As Robin leaned on the telephone facility, which was not
properly installed, he suddenly asked Mangotang's help to uproot
it," she said.

They broke the facility, removing the cap and cutting its
cable, she said, adding that the damage cause state-owned
telecommunications company PT Telkom to suffer losses amounting
to Rp 3.5 million.

Amiek said the defendant violated Article 170 of Criminal Code
on damaging public facilities.

Mangotang is being tried in the court separately. (24)