Miners' deaths to be probed

Miners' deaths to be probed

PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: Fawzy Bachsin, speaker of
the legislative council, called for an investigation into
Thursday's death of two miners, believed to have been shot by
security officers working for PT Indo Moro Kencana, Antara said.

Fawzy said it would be lamentable if the allegation, that they
were shot by officers, was true, and demanded that the police
ensure that it would not happen again.

If the shooting was carried out by someone else, the police
should find the culprits, he said.

The two miners, Budi, 28, and Supriyadi, 17, were panning for
gold inside Indo Moro's mining concession when patrolling
officers from the police's Mobile Brigade reportedly came across
them.

Antara did not mention the response from either the company or
the police. (04)