Judges trained, hearings postponed

Judges trained, hearings postponed

JAKARTA: A two-day annual training for judges that started
Monday at the Supreme Court had forced the Central Jakarta
District Court to postpone the hearings of two class action
hearings.

The first case was based on the suit filed by flood victims
against the city administration and the government while the
second one was the battle between five train passengers, who are
victims of a train accident in Brebes, Central Java, against the
state-owned railway station PT KAI.

About half of 137 judges of the five district courts here and
the Jakarta High Court attended the training at the Supreme
Court. The rest will join the same training for the next two
days.

Some hearings would be postponed due to the training,
including the hearing of former chief of the State Logistics
Agency Rahardi Ramelan at the South Jakarta District Court on
Tuesday as well as the hearing of Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra at
the Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday. --JP