Prosecutors push for July 27 case

Prosecutors push for July 27 case

JAKARTA: Prosecutors asked the Central Jakarta District Court
on Monday to continue investigating the attack on the Indonesian
Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters on July 27, 1996, saying that
the case had a strong legal basis.

Prosecutor Manik rejected an earlier claim by lawyers of five
defendants -- three civilians and two military officers -- that
the case was groundless.

"We demanded that the court allow us to continue with the
case. The dossiers are legitimate," Manik told the court.

Last week, the defendants' lawyers urged the court to throw
the case out, saying that the prosecutors failed to produce the
"suspects in the attack of PDI headquarters on Jl. Diponegoro,
Central Jakarta".

The lawyers claimed the three civilian defendants were
actually victims, while the two military officers had merely
followed orders.

Backed by military and police officers, hundreds of people
attacked supporters of ousted PDI chairwoman Megawati
Soekarnoputri, who tried to defend the headquarters after being
forcibly replaced by her rival Suryadi.

Several top military and police officers, including former
Jakarta Military Commander Lt. Gen. (ret) Sutiyoso, who is now
Jakarta Governor, were responsible for the attack, which
reportedly claimed dozens of lives. Hundreds of supporters also
went missing during the incident and their whereabouts are still
unknown. -- Antara

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Worker robbed, suffers 3-day coma
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Worker robbed, suffers 3-day coma

JAKARTA: A migrant worker who just arrived from Saudi Arabia
was robbed in a hotel on Jl. Buncit Raya, South Jakarta, and was
in a drug-induced coma for three days.

Salimin, 42, who worked as a driver in Arabia for 1,200 real
(Rp 2.5 million) a month, said two men claiming to be from Blitar
and Tulung Agung in East Java approached him upon his arrival at
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Friday. Salimin was about
to return to his hometown in Kediri, East Java.

The two men asked him to join them to return to East Java by
train, but instead they took Salimin and checked in at the
Maharani Hotel.

"They offered me jamu (traditional herbal medicine) to drink,
so that I could stay fresh. But then I fell unconscious. I think
they had mixed something into the jamu," Salimin told reporters
after reporting the case to Mampang Police station on Monday.

A bell boy found Salimin unconscious, with his body wedged in
the door to room No. 716. He was then rushed to Fatmawati general
hospital for treatment.

"They took Rp 5 million (US$610) in cash and important
documents in my suitcase," said Salimin.

The police are still investigating the case. -- JP

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Civil servants funded to go on haj
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Civil servants funded to go on haj

TANGERANG: A total of 30 outstanding civil servants in the
Tangerang regency administration, whose period of service extends
beyond 15 years, will join the haj pilgrimage next year at the
administration's expense.

Administration spokesman Maman Soetoyo said on Monday that the
fund would be taken from the administration's civil servants
welfare fund.

"Only those who have made outstanding achievements during
their 15-year career and have not yet been on a haj pilgrimage
will be given the opportunity," he said.

Hamdani a deputy chairman of the Tangerang branch of the
Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) said that such attention would
encourage other civil servants to improve their performance.

He also called on factory managements in the regency to
provide similar awards to outstanding employees. -- JP

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C. Jakarta opens rape refuge center

JAKARTA: Central Jakarta's Mental and Spiritual Development
and Social Welfare bureau has opened a shelter for rape victims,
said bureau head Suroto Purnomo on Monday.

Suroto said that the shelter was inaugurated two months ago
and as of now 30 rape victims had taken shelter there.

Most of the victims were housemaids, allegedly raped by their
employers. They had not reported the cases to the police because
they had felt threatened.

Suroto said that the victims would receive meals, health care,
psychological counseling and also lessons in sewing and flower
arrangement.

"The reason why Central Jakarta mayoralty administration set
up such a shelter was to save the victims from depression," he
said, as quoted by Beritajakarta.com.

Suroto also said that should the victim not want to take care
of their babies, they could hand them over to orphanages. He
added that the victims only needed to produce a Jakarta ID card
and a written recommendation from his office or the district to
stay at the shelter. -- JP