18 arrested for stealing diesel fuel<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Military police have arrested 18 people in
\nTanjung Priok harbor, North Jakarta, for alleged involvement in a
\nconspiracy to steal diesel fuel.<\/p>\n
Military Police Chief Maj. Gen. Syamsu D. said Saturday they
\nwere believed to have stolen fuel since 1993.<\/p>\n
Syamsu, in a press release, said the crime had caused an
\nestimated financial loss of Rp 24 billion (US$9.6 million) to the
\nstate.<\/p>\n
Syamsu said those arrested included the captain and engine
\nroom chief of the Sea Endeavor ship which carried the Indonesian
\nflag, crew members of a barge and a tug boat. Military police
\nseized the three vessels for evidence.<\/p>\n
Also arrested was a surveyor of PT Indola Para Muda, a
\nsecurity chief of PT Pertamina Maxus, an off-shore drilling
\ncompany, and an officer of PT Wulder, a firm supervising the
\nsolar pump meter.<\/p>\n
\"They were arrested red-handed at Maxus's dock in Tanjung
\nPriok on Friday,\" Syamsu said.<\/p>\n
City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said all the
\nalleged suspects were from companies which cooperated with Maxus
\nin the supplying and delivering of diesel fuel to Maxus' 18
\nships, including the Sea Endeavor.<\/p>\n
\"For example, if Maxus ordered 100 kiloliters of fuel to be
\nloaded to the Sea Endeavor, not all of the fuel was loaded to the
\nship, because half of the load actually flowed to the barge's
\ncontainer. The barge then sold the fuel off-shore at a lower
\nprice of Rp 190 per liter,\" Aritonang said.<\/p>\n
Syamsu said there were suspicions that military personnel were
\ninvolved, \"but this was proved wrong\".<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the city military Saturday conducted raids on
\nillicit gambling dens in Mangga Besar, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Alleged gamblers, consisting of 209 men, 16 women and an army
\nveteran, were arrested during the raids on an illicit gambling
\ncenter at Jl. Pangeran Jayakarta 45 and the Paramount on Jl.
\nHayam Wuruk.<\/p>\n
City Military Spokesman Lt. Col. D.J. Nachrowi said yesterday
\nthey confiscated gambling paraphernalia, including a roulette
\ntable, a baccarat table and coins as well as Rp 42 million in
\ncash.<\/p>\n
\"We also seized valuable goods and documents used by the
\nalleged gamblers as collateral valued at around Rp 126 million,\"
\nNachrowi said. (cst)<\/p>",
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