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Disgruntled worker takes revenges with thinner
Textile factory worker Ayu Lestari may have reached boiling point at work over bad relations with a colleague, as she stands accused of lacing colleague Noviana Wulandariâs beverage with textile thinner
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extile factory worker Ayu Lestari may have reached boiling point at work over bad relations with a colleague, as she stands accused of lacing colleague Noviana Wulandari's beverage with textile thinner.
It has been reported that relations between the two 21-year-old textile factory workers in the Cilincing industrial bonded zone, North Jakarta, soured around two months ago after Novi, who works in quality control, and Ayu, who works in production, got into an argument over products.
'She slapped me in the face because my work did not meet her standards. I slapped her back,' said Ayu during police questioning, as quoted by kompas.com on Friday.
She added that Novi often threw clothes at her face when she found imperfections.
Ayu said that she had grown furious on Wednesday after Novi once again scolded her over an imperfect seam on an item clothing she had worked on.
The suspect is alleged to have poured textile thinner she saw under Novi's desk while the victim was on her lunch break.
'I didn't think she would drink the water considering the strong smell of the thinner. Apparently she drank quite a lot,' Ayu said.
Novi was said to have drunk the water despite the smell as the factory smelled the same.
After drinking the tainted water, Novi got a headache, felt nauseous and vomited. She was rushed to Koja Regional Hospital, also in North Jakarta, by her colleagues.
Novi was hospitalized overnight but was able to undergo outpatient treatment the following day.
After talking to several witnesses, police named Ayu a suspect, claiming that she had admitted to the crime.
'Ayu did not want to kill Novi. She just wanted to teach her a lesson and remind her that as coworkers they were equals. She wanted Novi to stop being so bossy,' Cilincing Police chief Comr. M. Supriyanto told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
Supriyanto said that the police would charge Ayu under Article 351 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) on assault, which carries a maximum sentence of five years' imprisonment.
Novi visited Ayu, who is detained at the Cilincing Police, on Friday. The workers were said to have burst into tears upon meeting and hugged.
'I have apologized to her. I'm really sorry. I hope she withdraws her report,' Ayu said.
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'She slapped me in the face because my work did not meet her standards. I slapped her back.'
