Indramayu probes attacks on officials

Indramayu probes attacks on officials

INDRAMAYU, West Java: The Indramayu administration will
immediately investigate an attack on two of its official cars by
a mob in Rancamulya village, Gabuswetan district, officials said
on Monday.

Administration head of legal affairs Muhammad Rahmat said he
was assigning a team of lawyers to collect information on the
attack from witnesses.

What triggered the incident was unclear but it was apparently
linked to alleged violations of campaign rules in the district by
local officials.

A car assigned to Kroya district head Supardjo was among those
attacked. "We have asked the police to thoroughly investigate the
case," said Rahmat.

He said the incident was a form of intimidation of civil
servants, and that he had been ordered by Indramayu Regent
Irianto MS Syafiuddin to take legal action against the
perpetrators. --Antara