Regent may be sued for accident

Regent may be sued for accident

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: Dozens of Way Kanan residents are
planning to file a lawsuit against Regent Tamanuri for a hit-and-
run accident.

The residents allege that the regent struck with his car two
men riding on a motorcycle -- 24-year-old Suparlan and 22-year-
old Mukimin -- during a street rally to protest the poor service
of state-owned electricity company PT PLN.

Saparudin, who is coordinating the suit, said the hit-and-run
accident took place in the Sudirman Blambangan Umpu area, some
700 meters from the regent's office, last Monday at about 4:45
p.m.

Immediately after the accident, Tamanuri, who was driving a
Nissan Terano jeep, got into a passing car carrying the head of
the local prosecutor's office.

Before leaving the scene, the chief prosecutor advised the
regent to remove the license plate from his jeep, prompting the
protesters to damage the vehicle.

"All this (the crash) was done deliberately, even carefully
planned. Why was the prosecutor's car at the scene?" said
Saparudin, speaking to journalists on Thursday in Bandarlampung.

There was no report on the condition of the two victims, who
were rushed to a nearby hospital after the accident.--JP