Dismissed workers want severance pay
BEKASI: Around 250 former workers of private company PT Espira took to the streets in Cibitung, east of the Jakarta, demanding that the company give them severance pay amounting to six-months salary.
The workers, who were dismissed six months ago, rallied in front of the company factory, which had produced dolls, and accused it of playing foul.
The demonstrators then went to the local district court, seeking legal assistance.
Yusi, an employee who had worked with the company for five years, said she had received no salary for the last six months. She said she demanding her salary plus severance pay.
Bekasi District Court president Harjoto, who received the representatives of the protesters, asked them to provide the court with a detailed list of the company's assets.
The company claims it is bankrupt.
The protesters dispersed peacefully after Harjoto promised to assist them. --Antara.
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Fire leaves 1,000 homeless in Tambora
JAKARTA: More than 1,000 residents of the densely populated Jembatan Lima area of Tambora, West Jakarta, were left homeless on Monday after a fire broke out at about 2 p.m.
Mingan of the West Jakarta Firefighters Brigade said 27 fire engines were sent to fight the fire. "We managed to put it out," he said, adding that the fire started from an explosion of a gas stove.
He said that they did not know how many houses were gutted by fire, but that the total could be in the hundreds and were mainly those along Jl. Teratai.
He also said that there were no estimates yet on the extent of damage done by the fire. JP
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Employees blase over bomb threats
JAKARTA: Some of Jakarta's residents are becoming immune to bomb threats, although several blasts have rocked the city lately.
Employees working in the Arcadia building on Jl. TB Simatupang in South Jakarta did not pay much attention to a bomb threat they received on Monday at their office as it was the second threat to have been called in.
An operator, who received the call at about 2 p.m., alerted the building's security guards, an employee, Budi, told www.detik.com, an on-line news provider.
"The caller said there was a bomb planted in the building's basement and that it was about to explode," he said.
Security guards then contacted Pasar Minggu Police and told all employees to evacuate the building.
"The employees, however, did not take the announcement seriously as there had been one (bomb threat) before but nothing happened," said Budi.
The employees, however, looked worried as they left the building, although they walked out calmly with most saying that they believed it was just another hoax.
They then watched the city police bomb squad fan through the building to find the bomb. -- JP