Locals ask for job at Menara Permai

Locals ask for job at Menara Permai

BOGOR (JP): About 1,000 locals residing near the Menara Permai
industrial complex at the regency rallied on Monday demanding
factories operating in the area to give them jobs.

The demonstrators blocked the entrance of the complex from 6
a.m., preventing thousands of employees working at 11 factories
inside the compound from entering the site.

"We have to eat, we demand the factories in this area hire
us," Sutrisna, one of the demonstrators, said.

The rally which went peacefully at the beginning turned ugly
after demonstrators vandalized a factory producing electrical
components and its security post.

Cileungsi sub-district police personnel, who arrived later,
managed to calm the demonstrators.

The rally ended after owners of the 11 factories promised to
employ five local residents every month from June until December
this year. (21/08)