Legislator dies during ceremony

INDONESIA: A senior legislator in Jember, East Java province collapsed and died on Saturday while leading a ceremony to install 45 newly elected councillors in the regency.

The ceremony was stopped to allow the body of Muchson Sudjojono to be brought to a nearby hospital for a post mortem examination. Muchson served on the regental legislative council between 2000 and 2004.

Warsono Mulyadi, the outgoing deputy speaker of Jember regental council, replaced Muchson in the ceremony to install the councillors set to serve the regency for the 2004 and 2009 term. -- JP