RIM Indonesia chief suspect in BlackBerry stampede
The Associated Press
A senior executive of Canada's Research In Motion is a suspect in last month's stampede at a BlackBerry promotion in Indonesia, police say.
Several people fainted and dozens were injured at the global debut of the BlackBerry Bold 9790, police spokesman Col. Baharudin Djafar said Monday. The $540 US phones — commonly known as Bellagios — were being sold at half price to the first 1,000 shoppers.
Andy Cobham, a Canadian and the outgoing country director for RIM, is among four suspects who could face charges of negligence leading to injury, Djafar said.
If convicted, Cobham could face as much as nine months in prison.
Indonesia, a nation of 240 million people, has experienced a come-from-nowhere tech frenzy in recent years. With six million users, BlackBerry is more popular in Indonesia than smartphones from other makers.
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