Jakarta Police find 1,000 locations of rocky road

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 12/12/2011 10:00 PM

The Jakarta Police have discovered and recorded at least 1,000 different locations with damaged roads that can potentially cause traffic accidents.

“We’re still counting the number, but we have already found at least 1,000 locations of damaged roads,” City Police deputy director for traffic Adj. Sr. Comr. Wahyono said in Jakarta on Monday as quoted by Antara.

He said the number of traffic accidents caused by damaged roads amounted to 152 cases between Nov. 28 and Dec. 11 alone, during which time the police held its Operation Zebra Jaya.

He said the police would “analyze” the results they produced from the operation together with the City Public Works Agency and the City Transportation Agency.

According to police data, there are 426 locations of damaged roads in West Jakarta, 264 in South Jakarta, 98 in East Jakarta, 63 in North Jakarta and 159 in Central Jakarta.

The city administration has continually patched potholes, instead of permanently repairing the roads. Damaged roads, coupled with reckless driving, have led to a number of fatalities.

Nunun transferred to Kramat Jati Police Hospital

The Jakarta Post | Mon, 12/12/2011 9:28 PM

Graft suspect Nunun Nurbaeti was transferred to Kramat Jati Police Hospital from MMC Hospital on Monday evening to receive further medical treatment.

“Her [Nunun's] blood pressure is pretty high, thus we transferred her to Kramat Jati Police Hospital,” Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesman Johan Budi said as quoted by tempo.com.

Nunun was being questioned by the KPK on Monday, but after just one hour of questioning she complained about a headache and said she felt feint.

She is the key witness in a bribery case in Miranda S. Goeltom's election as Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor several years ago.

No three-in-one rule this week: Police

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 08/29/2011 12:07 PM

Jakarta Police traffic division has announced that there will be no three-in-one policy for major thoroughfares in the capital this week, with fewer vehicles expected on the roads over the Idul Fitri holiday period.

“The three-in-one policy is intended to restrict the number of cars [on main roads] so we can avoid traffic congestion during peak hours.

Because we expect to see less cars on [Jakarta's] main roads this week, we are waiving this policy for this week only,” Jakarta Police traffic division member Comr. Purwono Pujianto said Monday as quoted by the division's website, www.tmcmetro.com.

Purwono added that the traffic rules would return to normal next Monday.

The three-in-one policy allows only cars with minimum three passengers to use the city’s main thoroughfares during peak hours (from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4.30 p.m to 7 p.m.).

Israeli police: 6 wounded in apparent attack

Associated Press, Jerusalem | Mon, 08/29/2011 7:15 AM

Israeli police say five Israelis have been wounded in a Palestinian militant attack near a Tel Aviv nightclub.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says an attacker crashed a car into two people early Monday, wounding them. He then gt out and stabbed three others.

Samri says the attacker was a 19-year-old from the West Bank city of Nablus. He was arrested.

He too was injured and was taken to hospital.

Samri says the wounded include several policemen who were manning a police checkpoint near a popular nightclub in south Tel Aviv,Israel's metropolitan center.

KPK gets Nazaruddin first: Police

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 08/10/2011 7:43 PM

The National Police said that graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin would be handed over to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) after he arrived in Indonesia.

“Nazaruddin’s arrest was initially the demand of KPK. Therefore, we will send Nazaruddin to the KPK,” National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam said on Wednesday.

Anton’s statement means the National Police Criminal Investigation Division would have to wait before it could have Nazaruddin testify in several cases such as the police investigation of Nazaruddin in relation to defamation accusations from Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum.

Nazaruddin is also suspected of using his cousin’s passport to flee the country and is mentioned in corruption cases involving the National Education Ministry and the Health Ministry that are being investigated by the police.

Anton said the police would wait for the KPK’s legal processes before pursuing its own questioning of Nazaruddin.

Anton added that he was confident the KPK would cooperate with the police in terms of where Nazaruddin would be detained.

Nazaruddin is a suspect in a high-profile bribery case linked to the 2011 SEA Games and was arrested by Colombian Police and Interpol in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday. He was later transferred to Bogota. A team of law enforcers and ministry officials was formed to facilitate his repatriation.

Police to question Ruhut’s first ‘wife’

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 07/18/2011 1:32 PM

On Monday, the National Police will question Anna Rudhiantiana Legawati as a witness in a marital status dispute with Democratic Party legislator Ruhut Sitompul.

Earlier, Anna filed charges against Ruhut who allegedly married another woman, Diana Leovita, while he was still legally married to Anna.

Anna declined to comment to the press upon her arrival at the National Police Headquarters.

She said she had not communicated with Ruhut since she filed the charges against him.

“There has been no [communication],” she said, as reported by kompas.com.

Anna has filed charges of document forgery, erasing marital status and adultery against Ruhut. She also alleges Ruhut disowned their son, Christian.

Andi Nurpati arrives at National Police HQ for questioning

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 07/18/2011 12:26 PM

A former General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Andi Nurpati arrived at the National Police Headquarters on Monday for questioning in relation to an alleged document forgery linked to the 2009 general election.

"I bring documents related to my field during my tenure as commissioner, and relating to the first KPU recapitulation result, its revisions, election result dispute [PHPU] documents and other documents," Andi said.

Andi arrived at the police headquarters at around 10:30 a.m. and was accompanied by her lawyer.

She said she was ready to be confronted with former Constitutional Court judge Arsyad Sanusi, who was also being questioned over an alleged election document forgery.

"I am ready, if the questioning mechanism requires me to do so, not only with Arsyad, but also other related people," she said.

Andi is alleged to have been involved in the falsification of a document issued by the Constitutional Court to settle a dispute between election candidates from the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) and the Greater Indonesian Movement Party (Gerindra), over a House of Representatives seat for South Sulawesi electoral district I. (rpt)

Public order officer was brains behind robberies: Police

The Jakarta Post | Wed, 05/25/2011 9:41 PM

The police have discovered that a public order officer in Indramayu, West Java, was the brains behind a string of robberies in the town.  

Haji Tri, who lives in Tugu village, Indramayu, owns the house that became the headquarters for a number of thieves specializing in bank and ATM robberies.

“[Haji Tri] is a public order officer and he is now on the wanted list,” Jakarta Police detective unit land and building head Comr. Herry Herryawan said as quoted by tribunnews.com.

He said the Haji Tri group had plenty of members.
“This group specialized in bank and ATM machines in minimarkets on the edge of town,” Herry said.

The police conducted a sting at Haji Tri’s house but he was not home, while one suspect managed to escape in a car. The police are still looking for 10 members of the group.

“[The suspect] carried two short-barreled firearms used in the act [of robbing],” Herry said.

The group has carried out eight robberies so far, including a house in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi, in April, an internet café in Cikedung Elor, Indramayu, on May 14 and a Bank Rakyat Indonesia branch in Kandang Haur, Indramayu, last Tuesday.

Police seize three firearms from Palu suspects

Police have seized three firearms from two suspects who allegedly shot dead two police officers guarding a bank in Palu on Wednesday.

The suspects were arrested on their way to Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi, within several hours of the shooting, kompas.com reported Thursday.

National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Boy Rafli Amar said the suspects were between 20 and 25 years of age, but declined to provide further details.

“We are questioning them in efforts to find the other two suspects,” he said.

Boy said the Special Detachment 88 Antiterrorist Unit was now involved in the operation to track down the shooting suspects, since their actions had created "terror" in society.

“We still need time to find out their motives and background,” he said.

Police confiscate 173 kg marijuana

The Jakarta Post | Mon, 05/23/2011 9:48 AM | National

Police arrested a 35-year-old man, alleged to be a drug dealer, and confiscated 173 kilograms of marijuana in two separate locations in Bekasi, West Java, on Saturday.

According to East Jakarta Police working in cooperation with Jakarta Police narcotics division, the man was identified only by the initials MD.

“We are still pursuing the mastermind in this case. We are requesting help from a number of police offices,” Jakarta Police narcotics division chief Sr. Comr. Nugroho Aji said Sunday as quoted by kompas.com.

The 173 kilograms of marijuana seized was only a small portion of the drugs police planned to confiscate, he added.

Before the arrest police had been tracking the alleged dealer for several months, Nugroho said.

The case has links to two other cases involve 2.8 tons and 3.2 tons of marijuana in Sukabumi and Cianjur, West Java, he said.

“Judging by the quality and packaging of the drugs, we are sure the case is linked to two previous cases police have already investigated. The group involved in the earlier cases transported the marijuana by truck from Aceh to West Java,” he said.

From there, he said, the drug was distributed to big cities across Java.

While serving as the director of narcotics division of West Java Police in mid 2010, Nugroho and his team confiscated the 2.8 tons of marijuana in Sukabumi.

“We arrested four dealers. They have been sentenced to death. However, they have filed appeals,” he said.

In early 2011, the team also confiscated 3.2 tons of marijuana in Cianjur.

“We have three suspects on this case. The trial is still continuing,” he said.

Police set to file drug charges against Soeharto’s great grand daughter

The Jakarta Post | Mon, 05/23/2011 10:20 AM | Jakarta

Jakarta Police says it is ready to file charges against Putri Ariyanto Haryowibowo, the great granddaughter of former dictator Suharto, who was arrested earlier in connection with drugs.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Baharudin Djafar said that along with Putri, police would also file charges against two other people, a police officer identified only by the initial "E", and another man identified only by the initials "GN", who were arrested with Putri.

“God willing their cases will be submitted at 11 a.m. [on Monday],” Baharudin said at Jakarta Police Headquarters on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta, on Monday.

Putri is the daughter of Ari Haryo Wibowo Hardjojudanto, popularly known as businessman "Ari Sigit", the grandson of Soeharto. 

Putri was named a suspect on March 18, in connection to the alleged possession of illegal drugs. She was arrested along with a number of others believed to be her friends, during a raid at a hotel in South Jakarta. During the raid, Putri was allegedly caught in the act of smoking crystal methamphetamine.

Earlier, police said GN could have been a major drug dealer and also the person who supplied the drugs to the other suspects. 

Police estimated that GN’s drug network could have distributed up to Rp 2 billion worth (US$234,000) of drugs a month.

Putri and the other suspects are charged with violating article 127 of the law on narcotics, and could face more than five years in prison.

Police investigate hacked website

Mariel Grazella, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 05/18/2011 1:25 PM | National

The National Police says it is working to investigate the hacking of its website, www.polri.go.id, after it was rendered inoperable by an anonymous party since Monday.

"We need to investigate who the perpetrator was," National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam said Wednesday.

The was apparently down since Monday, with site visitors experiencing difficulties loading its pages on computers and other devices.

Anton added the the National Police cyber crimes unit was tasked to carry out the investigation.

"We have obtained certain clues, but we can't share them until the team has worked out from where and how [the problems originated]," he said.

Police arrest new suspect in relation to Cirebon Police bombing

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 05/18/2011 2:06 PM | National

The National Police says it has arrested another suspect, identified by the initials JM, with alleged links to the network of Cirebon Police bomber Muhammad Syarif.

Muhammad Syarif was alleged to have killed himself in a suicide bombing attack on a mosque situated in the Cirebon Police compound, while police were about to perform their Friday prayers.

The blast killed Muhammad and injured several officers.

"Based on information, the suspect received 30 bullets of a 9-millimeter caliber from [terrorist suspect] Musholla," National Police deputy spokesman Sr. Comr. Boy Rafli Amar said Wednesday.

Suspected terrorist Musholla, who was arrested by police, allegedly made the bomb that was used in the attack.

He reportedly also prepared six other pipe bombs intended for another suicide bomb attack, which he stashed near the Soka River in Cirebon.

Boy added that JM, who was arrested in Karanganyar, Central Java, on Tuesday, gave the bullets to another suspected terrorist who later died in a police shootout.

"The 30 bullets were given to Hendro Yunanto in Cemani," he said.

Terrorist suspects Hendro Yunanto and Sigit Qurdowi were said to have died in a gunfight after they resisted arrest by members of the Densus 88 National Police counterterrorism unit in Cemani, Sukoharjo, on

Saturday.

Police confiscate suspicious bag with gas tube in Yogya

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 05/02/2011 10:26 AM | Archipelago

The Yogyakarta Police bomb squad has confiscated a suspicious bag containing a 3-kg gas cyclinder that was abandoned near a motorcycle workshop at Suryotomo Street, just across the Melia Purosani, one of the city's finest hotels, an official said.

“We are confiscating the suspicious bag and taking it to the mobile brigade’s headquarters for further investigation,” Yogyakarta Police deputy chief Sr. Comr. Tjiptono said on Monday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Tjiptono said the bag’s existence was first reported by Toha, a local resident, who passed by the street at that time and considered the abandoned bag suspicious.

“Given the fact that there have been bomb attacks in several regions around the country lately I believed it best to report the bag to the authorities,” he said.

1,200 police deployed to secure inauguration of S. Tangerang mayor

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 04/20/2011 10:00 AM | Archipelago

Up to 1,200 police personnel, mostly from South Jakarta Police office, have been deployed to safeguard the inauguration of the newly elected South Tangerang mayor and deputy mayor today, a police official says.

“We are also sending water cannons and barracuda vehicles as extra precautions [to safeguard] the ceremony,” South Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Gatot Edi Purnomo said Wednesday, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

He added that the police mobile brigade (brimob) would be assigned to guard several key posts during the ceremony. Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiah is scheduled to lead the ceremony, with dozens of local officials slated to attend.

Airin Rachmi Diany and Benyamin Davni won the second election by garnering 188,893 votes, or 46.4 percent, winning over the three other candidate pairs including the pair of Arsyid and comedian Andre Taulani. It wasn’t an easy victory for the Airin and Benyamin pair since the results of the initial election were rejected by the Judicial Commission after allegations of misconduct by the winning pair.

National Police tell all precincts to be alert

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 04/15/2011 3:10 PM | National

The National Police have instructed all police precincts to be increasingly alert following the bomb blast at the Cirebon police mosque this afternoon.

A bomb exploded at the At-Taqwa mosque located in the Cirebon police complex while many of the officers were performing Friday prayers.

“Of course everybody has to be cautious, especially police precincts and those providing services to the public,” police spokesman Insp. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam said on Friday.

He added that he hoped the incident would not repeat itself.

“Let's combat terrorism that has existed for too long,” he said as reported by tempointeraktif.com.

Anton added that the National Police remained in coordination with the Cirebon police. The police were still investigating the type of bomb the alleged bomber used. The body of the suspected bomber, who allegedly strapped to the bomb to his body, was blown to pieces.

Cirebon Police chief back on his feet after blast

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 04/15/2011 2:03 PM | Archipelago

Cirebon Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Herukoco was still able to “walk and communicate” despite suffering injuries in a bomb blast at a mosque in the Cirebon Police compound.

“The police chief was still able to walk and communicate,” Cirebon mayor Subardi said, as reported by kompas.com.

Subardi, however, did not mention the degree of injury the Herkoco had suffered.

Cirebon Police compound is in the process of being evacuated by police. Journalists at the location have been ordered to wait at the gate.

“I could only see an ambulance with “police” written on it rushing in and out of the complex,” a reporter working for Kompas daily, Rini Kustiasih, said as reported by kompas.com.

Cirebon blast was suicide bombing: Police

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 04/15/2011 2:26 PM | Archipelago

The National Police says the bombing of a mosque in Cirebon Police complex which exploded at 12:50 p.m on Friday is believed to have been a suicide attack.

A man entered the mosques while the prayers were taking place and “his body exploded”, police spokesman Insp. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam said Friday.

“It is suspected this was a [suicide attack],” Anton said, as reported on MetroTV news.

He added the police were conducting an investigation of the scene. At the time of the report the remains of the suspected bomber had not been removed from the scene.

Aside from the suspected suicide bomber (who died in the blast) injured victims included the chief of Cirebon Police, its traffic unit chief, internal affairs officers as well as members of the public who were at the mosque for Friday prayers, Anton said.

He added that the type of the bomb had not been identified, but said “it was clearly a suicide bomb”.

Police: Malinda took Rp 2 billion from client account

The Jakarta Post | Mon, 04/11/2011 1:43 PM | National

Alleged Citibank embezzler Inong Malinda (aka “Melinda Dee”) siphoned Rp 2 billion (US$232,000) from a customer’s account into her own company, PT Sarwahita Management Group.

“We have found a voucher from the [Citibank] account used [for the transfer] and the Bank Mega account. The owner of the [Citibank] account never transferred the funds. The amount was Rp 2 billion,” National Police financial crimes detective Brig. Gen. Arief Sulistyp said Monday, as reported by tribunnews.com.

The information was based on tracking conducted by the Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) and Bank Indonesia (BI). Melinda allegedly transferred the money into a joint account in Bank Mega on August 13, 2009.

He added that Melinda used the transferred funds for herself.

“There has been a withdrawal of these funds, in form of transfers and cash, for the suspect's personal use,” Arief said.

Legislators, police chief to meet Citibank representatives today

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 04/05/2011 9:27 AM | Jakarta

House of Representatives' Commission XI overseeing finance and budgeting is scheduled on Tuesday to meet with representatives of Citibank Indonesia in regards to a number of cases implicating the bank.

The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m., commission deputy chairman Achsanul Qosasi told tribunnews.com on Tuesday.

Melinda Dee, a manager in the bank, has been accused of embezzling up to Rp 17 billion of customers' funds.

The bank has also come under the spotlight in connection with the death of one of its customers who was allegedly killed by debt collectors.

Representatives of Bank Indonesia and National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo are also scheduled to attend the meeting.

The meeting will discuss Bank Indonesia's monitoring function, legal protection for banking customers and the legal responsibility of Citibank regarding these cases.