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Monkey on loose inside Indonesian parliamentary offices

JAKARTA (AFP) - A monkey was is the loose inside a building housing 
Indonesia's parliamentary leaders.

Dozens of workers, including security officers, had been unable to catch 
the primate, which was inside a medical clinic on the eighth-floor of a 
parliamentary office tower, the state Antara news agency reported.

The building is home to Amien Rais, speaker of the People's Consultative 
Assembly who has a fifth-floor office, and Akbar Tanjung, speaker of the 
House of Representatives who is on the third floor.

It is unknown how the monkey got into the legislative offices.

The animal had damaged medicine bottles in the clinic but everytime 
security officers tried to catch it or chase it away, the monkey climbed 
into the ceiling, Antara said.

Monkeys are not commonly seen on the streets of Jakarta.