Employees sue tap water operators

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
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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
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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
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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