Teenager stabs co-worker for scold

JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Police arrested a teenager yesterday for stabbing his co-worker in a quarrel Tuesday.

Police source said Abdul, a junior worker at a Padang (West Sumatra) restaurant on Jl. Hayam Wuruk, stabbed Ujang bin Jaffar for telling him off as he was abandoning his duties for a walk.

City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang confirmed the arrest of Abdul, 16.

He said Ujang, who had worked longer at the Jaya Padang restaurant, had reprimanded Abdul for planning to leave his duties to go for a stroll with a friend.

Ujang also scolded the friend for tempting Abdul to break the restaurant's regulations, Aritonang said.

"Abdul apparently could not stand the treatment and took a knife from the kitchen and stabbed Ujang in the stomach," Aritonang said.

Ujang is in the Husada hospital, West Jakarta. (04)