Pollution recorder stolen

Pollution recorder stolen

JAKARTA (JP): A thief has stolen an air pollution recorder
worth Rp 10 million (US$4,225) from under Jl. Merdeka Selatan,
Central Jakarta, near the City Hall.

The head of the City Environment Bureau, Aboejoewono
Aboeprajitno said he learned of the theft from one of his
subordinates yesterday.

"My subordinate discovered that the device was missing on
Monday morning," Aboejoewono said.

He said that the device is part of a grant from the Japanese
government to the office of the minister of environment.

He added that based on his subordinate's report, it was the
second theft of such a device in the past six months. He gave no
further details.

A source at the Central Jakarta Police precinct said the theft
probably occurred on Saturday.

"The thief must have known that the device is expensive," he
said.

He said a security guard who regularly controls the device did
not check it because of a torrential downpour on Saturday.

Aboejoewono said there are 11 air monitoring devices in the
city, but only four have air pollution recorders. (jun)