Businessman gets 4 years for stealing designer watches<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta District Court sentenced a
\nbusinessman to four years in jail yesterday for masterminding the
\ntheft of 51 designer watches worth Rp 3.9 billion (US$780,000).<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Asmar Ismail said Edi Cai Nam Sui -- alias
\nBuci or Andi Wijaya Gunawan -- plotted with his accomplices to
\nsteal watches from Sarida International Watch Store in Ratu
\nPlaza, Central Jakarta, on April 5, 1995.<\/p>\n
Asmar said Edi, of Jl. Blok A-1 in Citra Garden housing
\ncomplex, West Jakarta had instructed Ayen, Asun, Amin, Katai, and
\nSun Kwi Nio to steal the watches for him.<\/p>\n
Edi lent his Mercedes-Benz and a Rolex watch to Asun and gave
\nhim Rp 20 million to carry out the robbery which involved buying
\na watch at the shop.<\/p>\n
Asun went to the shop with Amin and Katai to purchase a
\nwoman's Rolex worth Rp 18.5 million, he said.<\/p>\n
But Asun made a down payment of Rp 15 million and said he
\nneeded to get the balance from his room in the Mandarin Hotel.<\/p>\n
The judge said two attendants from the shop went with Asun to
\nthe hotel while Amin and Katai waited on the premises with the
\nremaining two shop attendants, Rusdiana and Ayen, who was a
\nmember of the gang.<\/p>\n
Ayen managed to grab wristwatches from the display cases while
\nAmin and Katai kept Rusdiana busy, he said.<\/p>\n
The court was told the stolen watches -- which included Rolex,
\nAudemars Piguet, Patek Philips, Chopards, Vacheron Constantin,
\nPiaget, and Baume & Mercier brands -- were priced between Rp 7
\nmillion and Rp 900 million each.<\/p>\n
Asmar said that Edi later met Anyen, Amin and Katai at Citra
\nHotel in Mangga Besar, West Jakarta, where he paid Ayen Rp 180
\nmillion for the loot.<\/p>\n
Edi sold 26 of the 51 stolen watches to his brother,
\nidentified as Muhamad Hendri, and several shops in Pecenongan,
\nCentral Jakarta, he said. Amin and Katai kept the remaining 25
\nwatches.<\/p>\n
Hendri will be tried for allegedly buying the stolen goods.<\/p>\n
Asun and Ayen have each been sentenced to three years in jail
\nbut the other three gang members -- Amin, Katai and Sun Kwi Nio
\n-- are still at large.<\/p>\n
Edi, who has been in custody since he was arrested on June 26,
\nin Pontianak, Central Kalimantan, was earlier charged under
\nArticle 363 of the Criminal Code which carries a maximum penalty
\nof nine years in jail.<\/p>\n
Edi's sentence is in line with the prosecutor Amri S.'s
\nsubmission.<\/p>\n
Outside the court, the defendant's lawyer, Gayus Lumbuun, said
\nthat he would appeal the judge's ruling.<\/p>\n
\"The sentence is too heavy for the defendant because the
\nthieves, Asun and Ayen, were only sentenced to three years in
\njail.\"<\/p>\n
During the defense's statement, Gayus said his client is a
\ntrader in designer watches who accidentally bought stock from
\nAsun and Ayen without knowing it was stolen. (jun)<\/p>",
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