Man found dead with bug killer

 TANGERANG: A man was found dead at his house in Cipondoh Indah housing complex, Tangerang municipality, Monday.

 Police found a refill bottle for a commonly available household insecticide near the body of Sandi, 29, which was lying on the floor in the living room.

 The victim’s older brother, Kwo Kon Kwee, came to the house at about 11 a.m., but no one answered the door.

 Kwee asked neighbors to force the door open.

 They found Sandi’s body and a note saying he had been distressed after receiving no word from his wife, Lee In, who was in Malaysia for medical treatment. The two were married early this month.

 First Insp. Yuliamsyah, Cipondoh Police chief of detectives, said the investigation into the alleged suicide was ongoing. — JP

Waste management observes holiday

 BEKASI: As of Sunday, the volume of daily waste disposed of at Bantar Gebang dump in Bekasi during the Idul Fitri holiday was half the usual 6,000 tons.

 Dump supervisor Afif told Antara that was only to be expected. “Many families leave the city, so we don’t collect as much garbage.”

 Trucks, bulldozers and other heavy machinery at the dump remained idle Sunday.

 “We expect everything to return to normal Monday,” Afif said.

 The dump mainly takes garbage from households and markets in Jakarta. However, many Bekasi residents have complained of garbage piling up in their neighborhoods because there were no pick-ups during the holiday. — JP

Fire destroys shop, cars in Manggarai

JAKARTA: A fire razed
a store selling construction materials and destroyed two parked cars in South Jakarta’s Manggarai area Sunday, firefighters said.
No one was injured in
the fire that caused an
estimated Rp 500 million in damage.
The South Jakarta Fire Brigade dispatched 21 fire trucks to the scene which arrived one hour later, an officer, Sudio, said.
It took firefighters about an hour to extinguish the blaze.
Witnesses said the fire started at about 3 p.m.
Firefighters said an electrical fault had probably sparked the fire. — JP

Car kills woman on Tangerang turnpike

TANGERANG: A car hit and killed a woman who
got out of a bus when it made an illegal stop on the Tangerang turnpike Sunday morning.
Wagini, 38, from Klaten, Central Java, died at the scene.
Witnesses said a car traveling towards Tangerang hit Wagini, who had just alit from a bus after it stopped in the middle of the road.
“The victim was about
to cross to the Jakarta-
bound lane,” turnpike ope-rator PT Jasa Marga official Muhammad Abri told Antara on Sunday.
Abri said traffic was light at the time of the accident.
Wagini’s remains have been taken to the Qodar Hospital in Karawaci, Tangerang.
The car’s driver surrendered to the police at the Cikupa tollgate.
“However the bus (driver) has yet to be found,” Abri said. — JP