Govt reports mall management

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post): The Building Order and Supervision Agency reported PT Ratu Sayang International, building operators of Ratu Plaza shopping center, to Tanah Abang Police on Monday.

Head of the agency's evaluation and order division, Gatot Supangkat, said Ratu Sayang broke a chain and a padlock the agency had used to seal the plaza parking area in the basement of the building.

"The building operators do not have the right to break the seal for any reason. They should have left the area closed until we finished our work," Gatot told reporters at the police station.

The administration sealed the basement last Thursday to evaluate the building, where an ongoing ventilation problem last week hospitalized 19 store employees with carbon monoxide poisoning.