Dengue fever kills four in Majalengka
MAJALENGKA, West Java: At least four people have died in an outbreak of dengue fever in the West Java regency of Majalengka, hospital sources said on Wednesday.
They said the latest fatality was a five-year-old girl who died at a local hospital on Wednesday.
The sources said the number of sufferers treated at the hospital now stood at 76, with 20 people from Cibolerang village in Jatiwangi subdistrict the latest to be admitted.
The outbreak has covered the four subdistricts of Sumberjaya, Ligung, Dawuan and Jatiwangi. --Antara
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Raid nabs illegal foreign workers
SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Fifty-two foreigners were netted in a raid by the Balikpapan municipal administration in East Kalimantan for failing to show their work permits and temporary identity cards.
Most of them were netted at major companies in the provincial capital of Balikpapan, local public order officer Marwan Pribadi said on Wednesday.
He said the 52 foreigners were not detained but were obliged to complete their required documents, including temporary ID cards, with the relevant authorities.
Citing reasons for not possessing the documents, the suspects claimed they were not notified of the need to possess them, said Marwan.
He said that most of the foreigners in question only showed documents issued by the immigration office in Jakarta.
Marwan said such raids targeting foreigners would be conducted regularly in East Kalimantan to enforce the prevailing law.
The joint raid was carried out by the local police, the immigration office, the manpower and transmigration office and the military.
Data from the Balikpapan immigration office shows that there are about 1,600 foreigners working in Balikpapan. Most of them come from Australia, the United States and France. --JP
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Supporters occupy PDI-P office
KLATEN, Central Java: Hundreds of supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) occupied and seized the party's local office in Klaten regency, Central Java, on Wednesday.
The incident was in protest against the dismissal on Dec. 13 of the chief of the party's security, Haryanto Wibowo, by Harry Purnomo who chairs Klaten's PDI-P office.
The protesters arrived at about 1 p.m. on motorcycles and trucks.
While slamming Harry as arrogant and urging him to resign, the protesting supporters of Haryanto seized and blockaded the party's office there.
The decision by Harry, who is also the regent of Klaten, to fire Haryanto was unacceptable because it was only made in favor of the regent, protest leader Sratu said.
"The dismissal of the commander of the PDI-P security unit clearly reflects the interests of a certain person," he said, apparently referring to the regent. Sratu did not elaborate.
The noisy protest ended peacefully at 3:30 p.m. --JP
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Ex-policeman arrested for car theft
BANDUNG: A former policeman, from Darmaraja village in Darmaraja subdistrict, Sumedang regency, was caught on Wednesday by the West Bandung Police for his alleged role in a car theft network.
The police said the suspect, AT alias Gunawan, was arrested at his house in Darmaraja while trying to sell a Toyota Kijang van.
The van with plate number D-1322-CV was stolen by a group led by Cecep, 29, alias Maman, from Babakan Lewo village, Limbangan subdistrict in Garut regency. Maman was also arrested.
The police said they were searching for the key suspect, Nandang alias Grandong, 30.
The arrest of Gunawan followed a tip-off from a local resident who notified the police that the suspect had offered him a Kijang minivan without ownership and registration documents for only Rp 12 million (US$1,411) in Sumedang regency.
The suspect had been discharged from the police force in 2001 for a similar case. --Antara