Parents should report admission fees

Parents should report admission fees

JAKARTA: Commission E of the City Council overseeing education
and social affairs called on the public to file a report with the
commission if they find any state-run schools imposing admission
fees.

Commission secretary Audi I.Z. Tambunan said on Wednesday that
the commission had the right to take action against such schools.

"If there are state-run schools charging admission fees,
parents should report them to the commission," he said. "We will
recommend that the administration penalize those schools."

State-run schools in Jakarta do not charge admission fees.
Students need only pay monthly tuition fees and a development
donation, which is set by the school board, comprising parents
and students associations and teachers. -- JP

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Nigerian nabbed for 100 gram of heroin
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Nigerian nabbed for 100g of heroin

JAKARTA: A Nigerian citizen was arrested for drug dealing at
Petamburan II hotel in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, police said
on Wednesday.

Chief of City Police Narcotics unit Adj. Sr. Comr. Anjan P.
Putra said that the suspect, Nze Chukwudi John, was nabbed in
front of room 208.

Police seized 100 grams of heroin from him, which was
concealed in his underwear.

"We caught him by using another suspect as bait," said Anjan.

He said John was a drug trafficker known to swallow packaged
heroin to avoid security checks when smuggling the drug into the
country.

Police alleged that John had smuggled around one kilogram of
heroin into the country and had sold most of the heroin in the
capital, where he has been staying for two months.

John denied all allegations, saying that he was in Jakarta to
sell textiles when police arrested him. -- JP

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Woman mobbed for pickpocketing
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Woman mobbed for picking pocket

JAKARTA: A 23-year-old woman, Rustini, was set on by an angry
crowed after being caught red-handed picking the pocket of a
trader at the Cipinang rice center in East Jakarta, police
reported on Wednesday.

The incident took place at 11 a.m. when Parsiyem, 74, a
bottled drink vendor at the market, was busy serving her
customers.

Rustini mingled with the throng of customers surrounding the
vendor, and attempted to steal Parsiyem's purse from her pocket.

Rustini, however, was spotted by one of the customers, who
then cried out a warning after which Rustini was mobbed by the
crowd.

Rustini only suffered minor injuries and was later taken to
the Pulo Gadung police subprecinct for questioning. -- JP