Jakarta officials to get pistols: The Jakarta administration

Jakarta officials to get pistols: The Jakarta administration plans to distribute FN .38 pistols to officials at the public order and transportation offices to carry out their daily duties. City public order office chief Firman Hutajalu said that the pistols had been purchased using the city budget. In addition, the city had allocated funds in its 2002 budget to purchase 112 tear-gas dispensers, each valued at Rp 25.2 million (US$2,800). -- Antara

Three Syrians jailed for extortion: The Banjarmasin District Court in South Kalimantan on Thursday sentenced three Syrian nationals -- Ali Hudhur Ibrahim, 40, Wadha, 26, and Fouad Ali Muhammad, 24 -- to four months in prison for extorting money from a local money changer. -- Antara