Ex-Telkom men want higher pension fee

Ex-Telkom men want higher pension fee

BOGOR (JP): About 230 members of PT Telkom Pension Fund Foundation in Bogor have staged complaints over a fierce gap between their pension fee and the exclusive facilities allegedly received by foundation executives.

Reports collected by foundation members stated that Telkom, a state-owned telecommunications company, submitted a net fee of between Rp 20 million (US$2,555) to Rp 23 million per month to the foundation's caretakers.

"On the other hand, members only received about Rp 300,000 to Rp 750,000 per month," a representative of the pension fund members, Soeharto, said on Wednesday.

The executives were also awarded various facilities, such as "a transportation facility worth Rp 160 million and a production service fee worth between Rp 70 million and Rp 80 million per year," Soeharto said.

Members only received the yearly Hari Raya allowance worth Rp 250,000, he added.

Soeharto said their complaints had been confirmed with Telkom's Pension Fund legal representative, M. Gempita.

"Gempita did not deny the report," he added. (24/edt)