Job seekers extorted

Job seekers extorted

SORONG, Irian Jaya: The government has taken punitive actions against three employees of the local manpower office for extorting job seekers.

Office chief Kaharuddin Latarang told Antara that the three were punished because they had tarnished the image of government bureaucracy.

The civil servants, whose names were withheld, inflated the price of "yellow cards" from the manpower ministry from the actual cost of Rp 500 to 2,500 each.

The card is an official certification of unemployment. (pan)