Transport problems in C. Sulawesi

Transport problems in C. Sulawesi

PALU, Central Sulawesi: Interprovincial public transport has
been disrupted by the escalating sectarian tension in the Central
Sulawesi town of Poso, Antara reported on Sunday.

The news agency said that public transport plying the route
between Central Sulawesi and South Sulawesi was being disrupted
by a group of unidentified people in the Pendolo area.

Citra, a ticketing staff member of a major bus company in
Sulawesi, was quoted as saying that the incidents had prompted
the company to temporarily halt its operations.

Hundreds of people have been killed in sectarian conflicts in
Poso since early last year. Thousands of people have also fled
the area for fear of further unrest.

Police last week dispatched some 300 personnel from the South
Sulawesi capital of Makassar to Poso to quell the rising tension
in the area.(byg)