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Golkar and PDI-P supporters
clash in Sragen, car damaged

SRAGEN, Central Java: Golkar Party supporters vandalized a car of
an official of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-
P) at dawn on Monday, after he distributed anti-Golkar fliers in
Newung subdistrict here.

No fatalities or injuries were reported in the incident.

The incident began when Heri, the secretary of PDI-P's Sragen
branch, and four other party's supporters distributed the fliers
to local residents and posted them at strategic locations in
Newung subdistrict at 3:30 a.m.

Some fliers stated "Don't vote for Golkar" and "Don't vote for
the oppressor party".

Several local residents, who were Golkar Party supporters,
questioned the move and the supporters of the two rival parties
were involved in a heated argument.

Heri and four others were able to return to their car and
leave. But, as Heri sped off, local residents threw stones at the
car causing extensive damage.

Chief of Surakarta Police Precinct, which oversees Sragen
regency, Sr. Comr. Hasyim Irianto confirmed the incident, saying
that the police were looking into the case. -- JP

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Police-Manado-drunker

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Drunkard detained by police
for disrupting poll

MANADO, North Sulawesi: Chief of North Sulawesi Provincial Police
Brig. Gen. Jhon Lalo said on Monday that police officers under
his command had arrested a drunkard for disrupting voting at a
polling station in Perkamil subdistrict here.

The drunkard was transported to Manado Police Headquarters to
face charges, Jhon said in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi
province. -- Antara

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Patients-Bandung-Hasan

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Three patients unable
to vote in Bandung

BANDUNG: Three patients at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung were
unable to join the voting in the April 5 election as they fell
unconscious shortly before the election on Monday.

The patients were reported as Titi, Uting and Ojoh.

Sulaeman, a poll committee member, said that the story began
when he and his colleagues visited the hospital and brought the
ballot papers from one hospital room to another for eligible
patients to vote.

But, the committee members skipped the three patients after
they discovered that the three were unconscious when they entered
their rooms.

A nurse at the hospital said that the loss of consciousness
was due to their condition. -- Antara

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Rain washes out election
in Balikpapan

BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: Dozens of polling stations in
Balikpapan had to be relocated on Monday due to heavy rain here
in order to salvage ballot papers and other poll materials.

One of the areas affected by rain was Manggar subdistrict,
where poll committee members in two polling stations were seen
busy transporting ballot papers and other documents from a two
separate fields in the subdistrict to a house belonging to a
local resident.

The incessant rain since early in the morning also prevented
many people from coming to the stations.

At one polling station, for example, some 220 people were
listed, but up until noon on Monday, only four people had voted.
-- Antara