Enteos Club to sue over electricity, phone cuts

Enteos Club to sue over electricity, phone cuts

JAKARTA (JP): Enteos Club, the exclusive business club whose offices are on the 30th and 31st floors of the BRI-II building in Central Jakarta, has filed a lawsuit against PT Mulia Persada Pacific, which manages the building, for the company's action in cutting off the electricity and telephone.

One of the club's executives, Linda B. Tani said the action forced some of the activities held by the club to be canceled.

Citing an example Linda said a seminar which was due to be attended by the Norwegian ambassador on Dec. 13 had to be canceled due to the unavailability of electricity, Antara reported.

She said first court hearings on the lawsuit will be held on Jan. 27 at the Jakarta State Court.

Linda said on Nov. 28 the club sent a notice to PT Mulia stating that a lawsuit had been filed against the company.

She said, "We ask that the company pay us Rp 2.2 billion in compensation. We also demand that the court fine PT Mulia Rp 373 million per day, beginning from the day the company cut off the electricity and telephone."

Linda said the demand is fair since the high-handed action taken by PT Mulia has totally crippled the Enteos Club's activities and considerably decreased the club's daily income.

"We used to earn a net profit ranging from Rp 30 million to Rp 70 million per day," she said.(bas)