PLN workers file complaint

PLN workers file complaint

JAKARTA (JP): Eight workers of the state-owned company PLN
have filed a complaint at the Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian
Legal Aid Institute, searching for help over their dismissals.

Lawyer Apong Herlina said on Wednesday that the institute
submitted the workers' claim to the South Jakarta District Court
earlier this month. "We are now waiting for the court to schedule
a hearing," she said.

She said the eight workers, whose duty was checking the cable
installation carried out by contractors, were accused of the
theft of cables worth over Rp 800 ($359,699) million in 1988.

She said that after an investigation by the company two
workers were proven guilty and dismissed.

"However, the company kept investigating the case and
dismissed the eight workers in 1990," she said.

The workers' complaints to the company unit of the civil
servant's corps KORPRI was in vain.

"The company also did not accept a statement by the
inspectorate general of the Mine and Energy Ministry to the
effect that these people were not involved," she said. (03)