Mob occupies Pertamina office

Mob occupies Pertamina office

PEKANBARU, Riau: Hundreds of residents of the Riau town of
Dumai continued to occupy a state oil company Pertamina office
for a second straight day to demand that the firm name a local
for the office's top post.

Antara reported that the people blocked the main access to the
office building to prevent company employees from working on
Tuesday morning. But the protesters allowed the oil refinery to
operate.

Pertamina spokeswoman Sumarti said all administrative
activities at the main building had been relocated to another
building.

She said the protesters had gone to the wrong address, for it
was the Pertamina head office in Jakarta that had the authority
to heed the demand.

A discussion involving leaders of 14 native tribes, local
administration officials and security authorities will be held to
seek a resolution of the dispute. -- Antara