Four busted in Las Ketchup concert

Four busted in Las Ketchup concert

JAKARTA: Four pickpockets were caught red-handed by
concertgoers at the Las Ketchup concert at the Bung Karno sports
stadium in Central Jakarta on Wednesday night.

The first was caught attempting to steal the wallet of a
reporter standing in a crowd of journalists who were about to
enter the venue near the stage.

The other three were arrested after the show was over. The
angry crowd tried to mob them, but dozens of police quickly
dragged the thieves away.

About 4,500 people attended the concert, which also featured
local dangdut singer Inul Daratista.

Adri Subono from the show organizer, Java Musikindo, said that
pickpocketing could take place anywhere, regardless of the
presence of security officers at the location.

He apologized to concertgoers for the inconvenience. --JP

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KPUD membership still vacant
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KPUD membership still vacant

JAKARTA: With the voter registration already three-days old,
members of the Regional General Elections Commission (KPUD) have
not been elected.

City administration spokesman Muhayat told reporters that
Governor Sutiyoso was yet to appoint an independent selection
team to propose 10 names as committee members.

The National Election Commission will later select five names.

"April 4 is the deadline for the setting up of the team,"
Muhayat said.

He said that the selection team would consist of academics,
professionals and prominent community members.

Governor Sutiyoso said that despite the fact the members of
KPUD were yet to be decided, voter registration could proceed as
a secretariat to coordinate the work had already been
established. --JP

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No deer for Monas so far

BOGOR : The Jakarta governor's plan to place 10 deer from the
Bogor presidential palace in West Java in the National Monument
Park (Monas) in Jakarta will not materialize in the near future
as the presidential secretariat has not yet approved the project.

"We haven't got the approval yet from the presidential
secretariat on the relocation of the deer from Bogor palace to
Monas," said Apandi, head of the Bogor Palace's equipment and
maintenance subdivision, here on Thursday.

But, Hadi S. Alikodra, head of the laboratory of wildlife
ecology of the forestry faculty from the Bogor Institute of
Agriculture (IPB) said that he already had the permit to move 10
deer -- eight female and two male -- to Jakarta's Monas park.

"Ten deer, eight female and two males will be brought to
Jakarta on April 22," he said. According to Alikodra, IPB was
asked to handle the project, to choose the right location and
later to supervise the five-hectare area in Monas where the deer
will be placed.

"We have planted special grass and built a pool for them," he
said. The deer will be moved at night due to the cooler weather
and to avoid traffic jams. The deer are aged between 10 and 15
years and have never bred.

Alikodra also said that most deer in the Bogor Palace were
inbred, so they easily got distressed and experienced
miscarriages, while some had also died. "Deer, in fact, are
sensitive wild animals," he said.--JP