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)