TPJ reported for 'misappropriation'
TPJ reported for 'misappropriation'
JAKARTA: British tap water operator Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ) has
been reported to the police by one of its customers, Harun Al
Rashyid, a professor of administrative law at the University of
Indonesia, over the alleged misappropriation of Rp 5,000 (about
56 U.S. cents).
"We filed a report to the police today for the offensive act
committed by TPJ against our client as well as misappropriation,"
said JJ Amstrong Sembiring, one of Harun's lawyers and a member
of a non-governmental organization styling itself the Jakarta Tap
Water Consumers Community (Komparta).
Amstrong said the offensive act took the form of a letter from
the firm in January 2000 informing Harun he was being fined Rp
5,000 for failing to pay his November 1999 water bill before the
deadline.
Harun paid the fine, but later discovered that he had paid on
Nov. 15, 1999, before payment was actually due. Harun then sent a
letter to ask the firm to return the money, but has received no
response so far.
"That's why our client is filing a report on the
misappropriation committed by the firm through its failure to
return the money to our client," said Amstrong. --JP
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'Detainees involved in drug cases'
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'Detainees involved in drug cases'
JAKARTA: About 45 percent of the 868 detainees being held at
Pondok Bambu detention center in East Jakarta are involved in
drug-related cases, the chief warden of the center said on
Monday.
Most of the 183 men and 215 women are young offenders, warden
S. Heru Irianto said, adding that there were 441 men and 427
women being held at the detention center.
The youngest person at the center who was involved in a drug
case was a 13-year-old girl.
On Monday, the detainees gathered for an antidrug dialog
organized by the female members of Kosgoro, a group affiliated
with Golkar, in observance of Kartini Day.
The group later handed out 1,000 packages of medicine and
meals to the detainees.
In celebration of Kartini Day, the detention center earlier
organized a series of contests for putting on make-up, a fashion
show and a dangdut dance. -- Antara
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Focus-budget-report-rejected
Mayor's budget report rejected
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Mayor's budget report rejected
BOGOR: Three councillors from the Justice Party faction of the
Bogor council rejected on Monday the budget report delivered by
Mayor Iswara Natanegara.
The head of the faction, Ruhiyat, said in a plenary session to
deliver the factions' opinions that many irregularities had
occurred during the implementation of the 2002 budget. For
example, many traditional markets were neglected and new kiosks
remained vacant, he said.
There are 45 councillors from 12 factions at the Bogor
council. The remaining 42 councillors approved the budget report.
Outside the building, about 50 students staged a demonstration
to reject the report. They said the mayor failed to solve
problems related to security, public services and social affairs.
A number of people in civilian clothes tried to stop the
students, with some threatening them with knives while security
officers did nothing. --JP
JAKARTA: British tap water operator Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ) has
been reported to the police by one of its customers, Harun Al
Rashyid, a professor of administrative law at the University of
Indonesia, over the alleged misappropriation of Rp 5,000 (about
56 U.S. cents).
"We filed a report to the police today for the offensive act
committed by TPJ against our client as well as misappropriation,"
said JJ Amstrong Sembiring, one of Harun's lawyers and a member
of a non-governmental organization styling itself the Jakarta Tap
Water Consumers Community (Komparta).
Amstrong said the offensive act took the form of a letter from
the firm in January 2000 informing Harun he was being fined Rp
5,000 for failing to pay his November 1999 water bill before the
deadline.
Harun paid the fine, but later discovered that he had paid on
Nov. 15, 1999, before payment was actually due. Harun then sent a
letter to ask the firm to return the money, but has received no
response so far.
"That's why our client is filing a report on the
misappropriation committed by the firm through its failure to
return the money to our client," said Amstrong. --JP
;JP;ANTARA;
ANPAj..r..
Focus-drugs-PondokBambu
'Detainees involved in drug cases'
JP/8/GREAT
'Detainees involved in drug cases'
JAKARTA: About 45 percent of the 868 detainees being held at
Pondok Bambu detention center in East Jakarta are involved in
drug-related cases, the chief warden of the center said on
Monday.
Most of the 183 men and 215 women are young offenders, warden
S. Heru Irianto said, adding that there were 441 men and 427
women being held at the detention center.
The youngest person at the center who was involved in a drug
case was a 13-year-old girl.
On Monday, the detainees gathered for an antidrug dialog
organized by the female members of Kosgoro, a group affiliated
with Golkar, in observance of Kartini Day.
The group later handed out 1,000 packages of medicine and
meals to the detainees.
In celebration of Kartini Day, the detention center earlier
organized a series of contests for putting on make-up, a fashion
show and a dangdut dance. -- Antara
;JP;THERESIA SUFA;
ANPAj..r..
Focus-budget-report-rejected
Mayor's budget report rejected
JP/8/GREATER
Mayor's budget report rejected
BOGOR: Three councillors from the Justice Party faction of the
Bogor council rejected on Monday the budget report delivered by
Mayor Iswara Natanegara.
The head of the faction, Ruhiyat, said in a plenary session to
deliver the factions' opinions that many irregularities had
occurred during the implementation of the 2002 budget. For
example, many traditional markets were neglected and new kiosks
remained vacant, he said.
There are 45 councillors from 12 factions at the Bogor
council. The remaining 42 councillors approved the budget report.
Outside the building, about 50 students staged a demonstration
to reject the report. They said the mayor failed to solve
problems related to security, public services and social affairs.
A number of people in civilian clothes tried to stop the
students, with some threatening them with knives while security
officers did nothing. --JP