Jakarta – Monday is supposed to be the first day back at work after the Idul Fitri hiatus, but most civil servants in West Java failed to show up, the West Java governor says.

"Of 1,200 civil servants [in West Java], only 150 were at the office [on Monday]. The rest have called in sick or stayed away to for other private reasons," West Java Governor Ahmad Heriyawan said Monday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Despite the low numbers, Heriyawan said the attendance was "pretty good", and called on his subordinates to get straight back to work after the long holiday. "We will impose sanctions on staff found extending their Idul Fitri holidays," he said.