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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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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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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 ;JP;ASA; ANPAa..r.. Balikpapan-rain-booth

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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