'Bernas' employees dismissed

YOGYAKARTA: A total of 49 employees consisting of 15 journalists and 34 general staffers of the Bernas newspaper in Yogyakarta were dismissed on Sunday evening by the company due to its worsening financial situation.

The daily stopped publishing on Monday, but a new investor plans to publish a new daily called Bernas Jogja.

Several of the dismissed employees protested against what they said was their unfair dismissal. --JP