Student killed by classmates
Student killed by classmates
JAKARTA: A 21-year-old student at the Jakarta Arts Institute (IKJ) was beaten to death by classmates on Monday evening after he was accused of stealing his friend's cell phone.
Asep Suryaman, a graphic design student, left his cellular phone in a classroom when he was recharging his battery, police said; upon returning, he found that the phone had been stolen.
When he ran outside looking for a culprit, he reportedly saw Ardiles B. rushing to get on a bus.
Asep stopped the vehicle and dragged Ardiles back to the campus grounds, where he was beaten severely by a group of irate students.
Security guards intervened and took Ardiles to the Cikini Hospital in Menteng, Central Jakarta, but he died of his injuries.
"We are still interrogating two of the students who participated in the beating," said Comr. Ekky Festyanto, chief of the Menteng police subprecinct.
Police have yet to name other suspects, owing to a lack of evidence. -- JP
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Smaller tombs for the dead
BOGOR: The dead can no longer have big tombs here as the Bogor Sanitation and Cemetery Agency has limited the size of graves to 18 square meters.
Head of the agency, Dodi Rosadi, said on Tuesday that Chinese- Indonesians used to be allowed to rent unlimited space for a grave as long as they could afford it. But a new bylaw was issued recently due to limited available space, Antara reported.
The regulation also bans private cemeteries.
Some Chinese-Indonesians believe they must look after the spirit of the dead and therefore often build mausoleums.
The agency also regulates the construction of graves because one which is cemented could disrupt water catchment, he said. The agency is also considering issuing a regulation on the use of one grave for three bodies.
The rent for a grave measuring 2.5 meters by 1.5 meters is between Rp 30,000 and Rp 100,000 a year, depending on the location.
But if the deceased was not a Bogor resident, the rent is between Rp 120,000 and Rp 200,000. --JP
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Three get two years each for assault
TANGERANG: The Tangerang District court sentenced three domestic helpers to two-year prison terms on Tuesday for assaulting their younger colleague.
Ciying, 50, Effendi, 26 and Eno Sukaesih, 50, were found guilty of beating a 14-year-old maid, Sri Mulyanti, in their employer's house in Karawaci last November, presiding judge Ade Komarudin said.
The defendants, long-time workers for Mei Ing, 70, attacked the victim out of envy, because their employer trusted the young maid more, the judge added.--JP
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Rp 5b targeted from computer show
JAKARTA: Promoters Dyandra Promosindo has said that it expects to sell Rp 5 billion (US$500,000) worth of computer equipment and Rp 3 billion worth of electronics equipment during the Mega Bazaar Computer and Electronic Show from March 13 to March 17 at the Jakarta Convention Center, Central Jakarta, said their information technology project manager, Deddy Andu.
The exhibition will then travel to six cities throughout the country, including Jakarta, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Surabaya and Makassar.
A total of 375 companies, including multinational market leaders Acer, Epson, Samsung, Philips, Lexmark, Wearnes and Umax, will participate in the Mega Bazaar Computer. Local companies Datascrip, ATM COM, Columbia, Mugen and Micronics are also expected to take part.
The electronics side of the event is expected to be participated in by, among others, Sony, National, Panasonic, Sanken, LG and Kenwood. -- Antara