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Indonesia delays civil servants' pay hike-Antara

JAKARTA: Indonesia's parliament has delayed a planned hike in civil servants' salaries, the official Antara news agency reported on Monday.

"Parliament has studied this and decided to delay the rise in civil servants' salaries," Minister for State Administrative Reform Freddy Numberi was quoted as saying in Irian Jaya.

The delay could not immediately be confirmed.

Parliament had earlier agreed to hike civil servants' salaries across the board in an effort to eradicate corruption.

However, the move set off loud protests when it was revealed some top officials' salaries and other benefits would rise by a hefty 2,000 percent.-Reuters