Saturday, August 20, 2005

Indonesia: blackout leaves 120 million people without light

The power shortage hit Java and Bali. Its causes are unknown and President Susilo has called for the intervention of the secret services. The five-hour blackout resulted in the loss of 20,000 megawatts.


Jakarta (AsiaNews/SCMP) – In Indonesia 120 million people were left without electricity yesterday because of suspected technical problems at power stations. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered police and secret services to investigate the energy outage which left nearly half the population in the dark and created serious inconveniences, especially for transport and hospital services.

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