Police investigate 12 students

Police investigate 12 students

TANGERANG (JP): Police are investigating twelve college students alleged to have helped workers of PT Ganda Guna Indonesia, who are seeking meal and transportation allowances.

The students were rounded up by police when they joined hundreds of the factory's employees in staging a demonstration within the factory compound in the Pasar Kemis subdistrict, Tangerang, yesterday.

Tangerang police chief Hari Setyabudhi told reporters covering the incident that the students had not been arrested. "They are only under investigation in connection with their involvement in the demonstration."

One of the workers said they were demanding that the factory give them a daily meal allowance of Rp 1000 and a transport allowance of Rp 500. "The demands were actually submitted almost a year ago but the factory management has simply ignored them. We had no choice but to stage a demonstration."(bas)