Servant's death leads to unrest

BANDUNG: Local residents of Cicadas, Bandung, became enraged and destroyed a glaziery in which a 14-year-old servant died in an accident on Thursday.

Witnesses said that Rohmat Saminur, a Banyumas resident who had worked at the Sinar Jaya shop for just one day, was struck by an automatic door at the back of his employer's house at 10 a.m.

The two-meter high automatic door was closing when Rohmat attempted to pass through but failed. "The door, operated by remote control, seemed to strike his neck and drew the body downward," a resident, who asked for anonymity, said.

Rohmat died instantly. It took residents at least 30 minutes to remove the body from the steel door.

The residents pelted the shop belonging to Santa Wirawan, a Chinese-Indonesian, with stones, smashing the windows, and blocked off the area around the shop.

Police brought the situation under control after dark. They are now questioning Wirawan's son Tendi and another worker Agus. (25/sur)