Quickest route to cemetery

Quickest route to cemetery

YOGYAKARTA: Street rallies are not only a nightmare for the
living they can also cause problems for the dead.

A man's body was ready to be taken for burial Saturday in
Sentolo, about 15 kilometers west of here, when a seemingly
endless United Development Party (PPP) motorcade interrupted the
funeral procession.

The deceased's relatives did not bother seeking police
assistance because the security forces were flat out trying to
ensure safety during campaigning.

Everyone of the mourners was confused until his son, Suhadi,
had a brilliant idea. He asked PPP security task force members to
lead the ambulance carrying the body.

With the task force's sirens blaring all the way to the
cemetery, the ambulance was not held up by party supporters. All
the relatives had to do was shout, "Viva PPP."

"Without the task force's help, we would have had to postpone
the burial until late in the evening," Suhadi said triumphantly.
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