Batam dockyard to resume operations next week

PT Drydocks World Graha that manages a Dubai-owned dockyard company in Tanjung Uncang, Batam, will resume operations Wednesday next week, after the riot there earlier this month.

“[We will] resume operations on May 5, but [we will do it] in phases,” Bahrum, a senior manager at the company, told Antara state news agency Wednesday.

The riot began when an Indian supervisor, who was upset by a poor evaluation, allegedly made a racist remark toward a local worker during a morning meeting.

The rioting left about 20 cars, belonging to company employees, and warehouses damaged and six workers injured, four of whom were Indian citizens.

Bahrum said the workers would still be paid in full.