Shock in store for Habibi!

Shock in store for Habibi!

CILEGON, West Java: A villager eager to promote the Indonesian Masyumi Islamic Political Party received a nasty shock when climbing a tree to position a party flag in front of his house.

Habibi, 32, was blissfully unaware that the electricity wires running through the tree and into his house in Ciwaduk village were dangerous, that was until he brushed against them with an iron flagpole he was carrying.

Cilegon police precinct chief Lt. Col. Irawan Dahlan said the shock flung the hapless villager out of the mango tree and left him sprawling on the ground.

A shocking start to the campaign, Antara reported. (pan)