Police question hotel manager

Police question hotel manager

BANDUNG: Police here have questioned the manager of a four-
star hotel over electricity theft.

West Java Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Muryan Faisal said there
was evidence the electricity meter in the hotel had been tampered
with.

"The state electricity company (PLN) suffered Rp 3 billion
(US$350,000) in losses from the offense," he said.

If found guilty of tampering with the meter, the hotel manager
could be sentenced to three years in prison or fined Rp 100
million, on top of having to compensate PLN Rp 3 billion for its
losses.

Police recently launched an operation to crack down on
electricity theft in the West Java capital.

"The operation has netted 4,000 people who were inflicting a
total of Rp 5 billion in losses on PLN," Muryan said. -- JP