284 officials' urine tested
TANGERANG: The Tangerang municipal administration carried out a urine test on Monday on its 284 high-ranking officials in an attempt to limit drug abuse at the municipality office.
"The test was initially carried out on chiefs of agencies, bodies and offices in the municipal administration," said doctor Nuriman Mahcyudin, who led a team of four doctors in the test.
Nuriman, also chief of the municipal health agency, said such a test had also to be taken by all administration staff, beginning next week.
All civil servants at the administration must be drug-free, he said, adding that should any of them be found guilty of using drugs they would be fired.
Administration spokesman Herry Kusnadi told The Jakarta Post that the tests were held following the arrest of Suryadi, head of the Cipadu Jaya subdistrict office in Tangerang.
He said Suryadi, who had been fired as subdistrict chief, was found in possession of ecstasy pills when city police conducted a raid at a discotheque on Jl. Hayam Wuruk, West Jakarta, early this month. -- JP
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Drug delivery foiled at airport
TANGERANG: Customs and Excise officers arrested two suspects and foiled the delivery of 53 kilograms of marijuana en route from Banda Aceh to Batam at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Customs and Excise chief Jusuf Indarto said on Monday that the drug had been sent by Azhari in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh, to Permadi in Batam.
Azhari sent the marijuana on three occasions in different packages using postal services on June 18, June 19 and June 21. The deliveries were reported as Grupel root engravings.
"Officers in charge at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport's domestic warehouse became suspicious and examined the packages with narchotest, a device for testing drugs. The test confirmed that the packages contained marijuana," Jusuf said.
"Our officers then carried out a controlled delivery to Permadi's address in Batam but could only arrest Fadly and Deddy, who were believed to be responsible for the packages."
Both suspects are now in detention at the National Police Headquarters for further investigation.
Customs and Excise director general Permana Agung said both suspects had violated Article 78 of Law No. 22/1997 on drugs and would face 10-year prison terms. -- JP
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Afghan refugees return home
BOGOR: A total of 166 Afghan refugees, who had been living in three shelters in Bogor, have returned to Afghanistan with the improving situation in that country following the establishment of a new government.
The head of the Bogor Immigration Office, Teuku Sjahrial, said on Monday that 86 percent of 193 refugees in Bogor were from Afghanistan, while the rest were from the Middle East.
"In general, the refugees wanted to return to Afghanistan because the situation has returned to normal," he said.
Indonesia has become a destination country for refugees from the Middle East and Afghanistan. --JP
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Two injured in a brawl
JAKARTA: Two men were injured and five houses were destroyed in a brawl at Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, early Monday.
The clash between residents of the community unit (RW) 5 and 17 was triggered by some boys from RW 17 who were angry after they were not allowed to borrow a skateboard from a boy at RW 5, said Sardi, a 45-year-old witness.
Around 50 boys from RW 17 then destroyed five houses at the RW 5 triggering the brawl between both units residents until around 3 a.m.
Sr and Tg, who wanted to stop the brawl, were injured but their condition was fine after receiving medical treatment at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Central Hospital.
Residents just stopped the brawl after 20 policemen of the Tanah Abang subprecinct were deployed and fired a warning shot to the fighting residents. -- Antara
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Students join In-Docs Junior Camp
JAKARTA: Eighteen high school students will take part in the In-Docs Junior Camp on Kelapa Island in Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands) regency from July 1 to July 14.
The camp is a training program for the students to learn how to make documentary films in a local community to enable them to find a solution to the community's social problems.
During the camp, the 18 students will join local teenagers in producing six documentary series about people's lives on Kelapa island. The movies will be presented in front of the island's residents, JIFFest 2002 and broadcast on TV.
Out of 48 participants, only 18 have qualified to join the training based on their essays about existing social problems in the capital. -- JP