Press aware of pickpockets

Press aware of pickpockets

JAKARTA (JP): During outdoor interviews, journalists covering
the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly always
make full use of both their hands.

They lunge to record statements, all the while keeping one
hand on their belongings.

"Watch out, pickpocket," a female journalist whispered to a
colleague as a crowd of journalists crowded around Assembly
Deputy Speaker Ginandjar Kartasasmita on Wednesday.

The warning quickly passed among the journalists, and
everybody kept an eye, or hand, on their wallets and bags.

At least five reporters have been victims of theft since the
session began on Oct. 1, one journalist told Antara.

More than 2,000 journalists are covering the event, according
to the Assembly Secretariat. (amd)