Donggala, Central Sulawesi – Workers have sealed off a base transceiver station (BTS) owned by cellular telecommunication operator PT Telkomsel in Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi, because its project holder, PT Thiess Contractors Indonesia, allegedly failed to pay them.

Muklis Hakim said Sunday they constructed the tower in Palolo district for PT Thiess Contractor, which was appointed by PT Siemens Indonesia to build a number of BTS towers. Siemens won the tender from Telkomsel.

The Palolo tower is just one of seven towers that Muklis was assigned by Thiess to build, at a cost of Rp 32.65 million each.

"We finished the Palolo tower in August but Thiess has not paid us yet so we have decided to seal off the tower by padlocking it until the company pays us," he said.