Three arrested for discharging sludge

BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: The East Kalimantan Provincial Police recently arrested three people suspected of discharging sludge into the sea near Balikpapan city, East Kalimantan province.

East Kalimantan Police chief Insp. Gen. Budi Utomo said on Wednesday that the three had confessed that they discharged some 490 tons of sludge on June 25 into the sea at Handil beach, some 70 kilometers north of Balikpapan.

The general did not say when the three suspects -- HAR, BAK and ISM -- had been arrested. They are now being questioned by police. -- JP