NGOs vs. Sutiyoso on Mondays, Thursdays
JAKARTA: Several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) plan to hold rallies on Mondays and Thursdays, demanding the dismissal of Governor Sutiyoso. The protests will reach a peak on Aug. 25 when 75 new city councillors will be sworn in. Around 1,000 people are expected to participate in the Aug. 25 rally.
During Monday's rally in front of the City Council building, protesters walked on stilts, wearing masks that looked like Sutiyoso's face.
Berkah Gamulya of the Urban Poor Consortium (UPC) said the NGOs would continue their action should the new councillors fail to address their demand two weeks after their installation.
The police reopened the July 27 case early in June and named Sutiyoso as one of 12 suspects. They submitted the governor's case file to the Attorney General's Office along with the files of the 11 other suspects, but the office returned them and asked the police to submit Sutiyoso's file separately.
Sutiyoso was Jakarta military commander when the attack on the PDI office took place. Official reports said five people were killed, while 149 others were injured and 23 went missing in the attack. -- JP
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Police trained in human rights issues
BOGOR: Jakarta Police deputy chief Brig. Gen. FX Bagus Ekodanto officially started on Monday the training for 996 low- ranking officers, held at the Police Academy in Lido, Bogor regency.
The participants are from Jakarta, West Java and Lampung provinces.
Principal Comr. Anang Iskandar said the students would be trained on human rights issues, how to negotiate, public service and personality.
"We want to create good police officers who have an ability to communicate well with the public," he said. --Antara
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Daylight burglary nets Rp 50 million
BOGOR: A group of burglars broke into a food warehouse belonging to Achmadi, a resident of Bogor Timur subdistrict, on Sunday morning while the guard was having breakfast, Antara reported on Monday.
Rohman, the guard, had left the warehouse for several minutes when Achmadi approached at about 9 a.m. and asked for the keys.
According to witnesses, the two found the warehouse was in a mess, while the safe had been opened and the Rp 50 million (US$5,617) in cash inside was missing.
Bogor Police chief of detectives Adj. Comr. Arief Rachman suspected the crime was committed by more than two people who got into the warehouse by prying open the back doors. -- JP
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Nervous horse attacks keeper
BOGOR: Ojon, 45, thought he knew the two horses under his care well, and vice versa.
However, at noon on Sunday, one of the mares, which he had been treating for the previous nine months at the stables of Vila Ciawi Bakom resort, attacked him when he was taking them out of the stable.
The horse bit Ojon's right arm and didn't let go until other keepers came to calm it down.
Ojon had to be transferred from the nearest hospital in Ciawi to the more sophisticated Indonesia Red Cross Hospital in Bogor to stitch his arm.
"The horse is distressed," said fellow keeper Soleh, who took Ojon to hospital. "It had an injection the other day ... maybe the horse thought it was going to have another one today," he added. --Antara