Mayoral election intimidation

Mayoral election intimidation

TANGERANG: Dozens of unknown men riding motorcycles and
wearing dark uniforms and berets shocked civil servants at the
municipal administration office on Monday.

Without saying a single word, the men suddenly entered the
office compound on their noisy motorcycles. After parking the
vehicles, they dispersed and attached stickers on every office
window and then left in a hurry.

The stickers read "Tangerang residents only support mayoral
candidates who are Tangerang natives."

"We thought they would attack this office or would stage a
rally at least," said the administration spokesman Hery Kusnadi.

He said mayor M. Thamrin's tenure would end in November this
year. But as of today, there had been no reports about any
mayoral candidates. --JP