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DASH FOR CASH: People scramble to retrieve the 100 million rupiah distributed to launch a book. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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AN INDONESIAN businessman sparked a scramble when he dropped 100 million rupiah (S$14,500) in banknotes from an aircraft yesterday to promote a book he had written.
A 13-year-old girl lost consciousness running after the notes and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital, the Detikcom online news service said.
Mr Tung Desem Waringin, who is promoting his second business motivation book, got the aircraft to fly four times over a soccer stadium in Serang city, some 60km west of here. He had wanted to release the money over Jakarta but was refused permission from the police.
The 42-year-old rode a horse along Jakarta's main streets, dressed as a war hero, to launch his first book in 2005.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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