Employees sue tap water operators
JAKARTA: The opening session of a civil lawsuit filed by 1,100 employees of city tap water operator PD PAM Jaya was adjourned until next week, as the lawyers of one of the defendants failed to appear at Central Jakarta District Court.
According to the plaintiff's lawyer TB Suganda, the employees were suing PD PAM Jaya and its two international partners PT Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ) and PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja) for ignored their rights to incentives.
"The raise in employee allowances is only applied to those working in the offices. Employees working harder on the field get nothing," Suganda said.
The employees demanded the three companies pay them the Rp 57.4 billion (US$6.75 million) in allowance raises accrued since early this year, plus Rp 22 billion for nonmaterial losses. -- JP
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'Ojek' driver robbed
JAKARTA: Sarifudin, 30, an motorcycle taxi, or ojek, driver, was attacked by his passenger, who then stole his motorcycle, on Sunday at 11 p.m. at the Navy Housing Complex on Jl. Laut Arafura, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta.
The robber pretended to be a passenger and asked Sarifudin to take him from Kampung Kemang, Jatiwaringin, Bekasi, to the housing complex.
When they got to the complex, the robber attacked Sarifudin with a machete and hit him in the head. Sarifudin fell from his motorcycle with plate number B 4765 GZ, and when he tried to stand up, the robber beat him again.
Sarifudin, who suffered minor injuries, reported the incident to Duren Sawit Police.
Police recovered the machete at the scene of the crime and are searching for the culprit. -- JP
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Two killed by falling wall
BOGOR: Two gardeners were killed and another suffered injuries on Monday at 2:55 p.m. when a wall of the newly built Eka Lokasari mall in Sukasari, East Bogor, fell on them.
Hendra, 35, a resident of Caringi village, Cijeruk, and Buhori, 40, a resident of Curug Dengdeng village, Caringin, were killed.
Nasrudin, 31, suffered leg injuries and was taken to the nearest hospital.
Eyewitness Jajang, 50, said the three were planting flowers in the garden next to the wall when the accident happened.
"Suddenly there was a loud noise and I saw the three of them trapped under the debris of the wall. I saw Hendra's and Buhori's bleeding heads, and Nasrudin's leg was crushed."
Rusli, 39, the gardeners' supervisor, said the landscaping project started on Nov. 5 and was scheduled to finish within the next few days, as the mall would open soon.
"Maybe the foundation of the wall wasn't strong enough," he said.
East Bogor Police are investigating the accident. -- JP
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Four arrested for wire theft
DEPOK: Cimanggis Police arrested four people on Monday on suspicion of stealing six large spools of electronic cables worth Rp 150 million (US$17,647).
The four suspects are Muslih, 33, Agus, 36, Dumih, 32, and Harahap, 38. They were arrested at their rental houses in Bogor and Depok. Police have seized the cables found in their possession.
Cimanggis Police chief Adj. Comr. Sumaryo said the theft was discovered on Monday at 7 p.m., when an employee of an expedition company reported that Muslih had taken the cables.
"The suspects left the container in which the cables were kept in Serpong, Tangerang. But we tracked them down," he said.
Muslih was ordered by the company to pick up the cable spools on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Cimanggis, then deliver them to North Jakarta. On the way, he stopped by the house of Dumih and Harahap in Sawangan, Depok. The three apparently planned to cut the cables and sell them to Agus, a fence.
"Muslih told police that he planned to use the money to buy gifts for his wife and children for Idul Fitri," Sumaryo said.
The four suspects are being held at Cimanggis Police station. -- JP