Box of ballots found in Kendal

SEMARANG: A cardboard box containing 500 sheets of ballot papers was found on Jl. Sepetek in Kendal, Central Java.

The box was discovered by a resident of Kertosari subdistrict, Singorojo, at dawn on Sunday and was reported to a nearby police post on Wednesday.

Kendal Post Office head Toto separately admitted that one box had fallen from a pick-up truck while postmen were distributing ballot papers in the regency. He explained that the postmen had begun distributing some 450 boxes of ballot papers since March 19 to areas throughout Kendal regency.

"The boxes were tied together with rope, but one of them fell from the car. This was purely an accident," said Toto. -- JP