Jobseekers turn violent

Jobseekers turn violent

JAKARTA: Thousands of angry jobseekers smashed the window
tickets at the Ministry of Finance's Training Center building on
Jl. Purnawarman, South Jakarta, as they attempted to get
registration forms on Sunday.

The incident happened after rumors spread that some of the
jobseekers had forms before the ticket windows opened at 9 a.m.
As a result, many of them - some had been there for hours -
became angry and started pushing each other.

In the ensuing chaos a few minutes after the ticket windows
opened, all of the six ticket windows were damaged, and several
women collapsed.

Matters returned to normal when the committee for the
recruitment of public servants told them that 10,000 forms were
available on Sunday.

Many jobseekers, however, complained as it turned out that the
original forms were not available and they had to pay Rp 4,000
per copy.

Committee chairman Yuwono Prawirosetoto said that the
registration forms were available till Thursday, and that the
committee has provided 15,000 forms. There are 1,035 openings at
the ministry's various departments nationwide.--JP