Family to claim

Family to claim
Japanese man's body

JAKARTA(JP): The family of a Japanese businessman who was
found dead last Saturday will travel to Indonesia to claim the
body, an embassy official said on Monday.

Cultural Council of the Japanese Embassy, Sachiko Furuya, told
The Jakarta Post that the embassy had contacted the family of the
deceased Wasao Fukumoto.

However, the family requested the embassy keep their arrival
confidential, Furuya said, without further elaboration.

Furuya said the embassy had left the investigation of the
matter to the Indonesian police.

Fukumoto, a jewelry trader, was reportedly found dead by a
bellboy in a room at Hotel Indonesia with severe stab wounds to
his stomach and chest.

Meanwhile Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul
Alam said the police still could not conclude whether Fukumoto
was murdered as the police were still waiting for the results of
the postmortem examination on the deceased.

When asked to comment on reports of stab wounds, Anton said,
"That's what the media said. Did the journalists check the
body?"(07/emf)

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Minivan-drivers-protest
Drivers protest new BSD buses
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Drivers protest new BSD buses

TANGERANG (JP): Some 150 public minivan drivers serving the
Cikokol-Serpong-Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) housing complex route
staged a rally at PT BSD office in Serpong on Monday to protest
at the new service of BSD executive shuttle buses.

"The operation of the buses will certainly reduce
our income," Hamdani, 35, one of the drivers who had been at the
office since 8 a.m., told The Jakarta Post.

PT BSD spokesman Donny Rahayu said that in cooperation with
Arimbi Jaya Agung bus operator, PT BSD began operating five
executive buses on Monday to serve the route between BSD and
Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta.

Donny said that according to their survey, about 3,000 people
who have bought houses in BSD are reluctant to live there because
of the lack of transportation to their places of work in Jakarta.

He said that the public minivan drivers ended their protest he
explained that the bus service was merely aimed at fulfilling the
requests of residents, not at seeking profit. (41)

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Teen-Dead-Falling
Quiet girl dies falling from 22nd floor
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Girl falls
to her death

JAKARTA(JP): An 18-year-old girl died after falling from the
22nd floor of Plaza Sentral, an office building on Jl. Sudirman
in South Jakarta, on Sunday night.

Murry, a resident of Srengseng Sawah in West Jakarta, attended
a church service at the building, her brother, Jordan, said. But
as soon as the mass finished, Murry went straight to the 22nd
floor while her friends came down, he said.

No one knew why or with whom Murry went upstairs, he added.

Jordan said the last time he saw Murry was on Aug. 16. At that
time, Murry said she wanted to stay at a friend's house and told
him her plan to attend the church service on Aug. 19.

Jordan said Murry was a quiet girl and spent most of her time
at home.

Murry finished high school two years ago and was about to
enroll in university this year, he Jordan.

Meanwhile, a Plaza Sentral security guard Yadi said a fellow
security guard Herry Suyono found Murry's body at the back of the
building and immediately contacted the Setiabudi Police
subprecinct.

The police report states that Murry was suspected to have
committed suicide, but a forensic expert, Mun'im Idries, disputes
this. He said there were bruises on Murry's neck, which could be
signs of suffocation.

"... or signs of a struggle as if someone held her to push her
down," Mun'im told reporters at Jakarta Police Headquarters.

The postmortem examination also showed that other than the
bruises there were no other signs of violence inflicted on
Murry's body. (emf/07)

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Energy-drinks-withdrawal
Popular energy drinks withdrawn from market
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Favorite energy
drinks recalled

JAKARTA (JP): In a move to protect consumers, the government
has ordered four popular energy drink products be taken off the
market due to high concentrations of caffeine.

The food and drugs control agency has ordered two companies
producing Kratingdaeng and Galin Bugar energy drinks and a
company importing the M 150 drinks to withdraw their products
from the market within two months.

The agency said in a press release sent to The Jakarta Post on
Monday that it had conducted random checks on Kratingdaeng,
Kratingdaeng S, M 150 and Galin Bugar energy drinks and found
that they contained up to 80 mg of caffeine per bottle, far
higher than the 50 mg per bottle written on the label.

Despite the absence of a report or scientific findings about
the side effects of such a high concentration of caffeine in the
products, the board insists that the products be recalled
immediately for the safety of consumers.

The office also said that the companies would only be allowed
to remarket their products after they withdrew the goods and
ensured that the caffeine content of their product matched the
amount specified on the label.