An Indonesian civil servant who had been ordered by a court to pay his ex-wife accrued alimony remittances did so on Thursday – delivering 153 million rupiah (over $10,000) in COINS!
Dwi Susilarto arrived in the courthouse hauling a dozen sacks filled with the coins, weighing about 890 kilograms.
A fight nearly broke out in the courtroom between the man and his ex-wife’s lawyer, who refused to count the money that was transported in a wheelbarrow pushed by the 54-year-old and two friends.
Susilarto’s lawyer denied that his client was trying to insult ex-wife Hermi Setyowati.
The lawyer said his client’s low public service salary forced him to reach out to friends for help, after the court in the town of Karanganyar in Central Java ordered him to pay back some nine years’ worth of unpaid alimony.
“I was honestly surprised too (at the payment), but my client said the money was donated by friends and family who gave most of it to him in coins,” AFP quotes him to say.
“There was no intention to insult anyone – that’s all he has.”
Setyowati, who eventually accepted the funds, wasn’t buying her former husband’s excuse.
“This is insulting – it’s like calling me poor,” she was quoted by local media as saying.
The court ordered its staff to count the money.
