Bekasi mayor takes flak for staying at hotel during flood


Floodwaters engulfing buildings in Bekasi, West Java, on March 4, 2025. - AFP

JAKARTA: Newly inaugurated Bekasi Mayor Tri Adhianto confirmed on Wednesday that he had left his residence for a four-star hotel in the city amid severe flooding that forced thousands of other residents to take shelter at makeshift evacuation centres.

Tri said he had decamped to the hotel in downtown Bekasi to make it easier for him to directly monitor the emergency situation, kompas.com reported.

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