Residents burn billiard house

Residents burn billiard house

TANGERANG (JP): Tired of waiting for the authorities to act,
about 400 local residents set ablaze a billiard house belonging
to a 43-year-old woman in Serpong on Monday evening.

According to witnesses, the angry mob came to Nunung's house
at 7:30 p.m. and burnt three billiard tables and the house using
liters of gasoline they brought in cans.

Suradita, a local resident, said that people had urged the
Serpong subdistrict head, Dayat, many times to close the billiard
house which was seen as attracting locals to gamble.

"But there had been no single action from him," the resident
explained.

Speaking with reporters at the site yesterday, Dayat expressed
his regret about the accident.

"The residents should not solve problems in such a way which
create financial loss for other people. It actually could have
been solved through discussion," he said. (41/bsr)