Car smuggling investigation halted<\/p>\n
R.K. Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura<\/p>\n
Jayapura Police have halted their investigation of the ship
\nGolden Coast, which has been under arrest for more than two
\nmonths as it had been used to try to smuggle used Japanese cars
\ninto the city and have also freed a suspect in the case.<\/p>\n
Adj. Sr. Comr. Daud Sihombing, chief of Jayapura Police, said
\nthe police made the decision at the recommendation of the
\nGovernor of Irian Jaya, Jaap Salossa.<\/p>\n
\"The investigation into the smuggling case has been halted and
\nBudi Hardjo, alias Bun, who has been held as the main suspect in
\nthe case, has been freed of charges at the request of the
\ngovernor,\" he said here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Budi is president of PT Siola, which imported the cars from
\nJapan.<\/p>\n
The ship was seized in August for attempting to smuggle 228
\nJapanese cars, in addition to 177 new cars to the city.<\/p>\n
Daud added that despite the halt of the police investigation,
\nBudi Hardjo was obliged to return the used cars to Japan and
\nunload the new cars in Sorong because the city was no longer
\ncapable of unloading them.<\/p>\n
\"Sorong is the only town able to absorb the new cars because
\nthe number of cars in Jayapura have exceeded the city's
\ncapacity,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Wiryawan, Siola's internal auditor, said the ship would leave
\nfor Sorong within the next three days to unload the new cars and
\nwould then sail for Japan to return the used cars.<\/p>\n
\"Our company will comply with the authorities' rulings over
\nthis case,\" he said.<\/p>",
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