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  • From: Andrew Hund <axh69 AT po.cwru.edu>
  • To: monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [monkeywire] Monkey on loose inside Indonesian parliamentary offices
  • Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:20:47 -0400

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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.



  • [monkeywire] Monkey on loose inside Indonesian parliamentary offices, Andrew Hund, 09/26/2003

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