Debt collectors arrested<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested four debt collectors for
\ndamaging the house of a bank costumer on Jl. Pegangsaan, in
\nCentral Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Abubakar Nataprawira
\nsaid the four, identified as Jony, Yunus, Budi and Rony, were
\narrested after the house owner, Ino Chento, reported them to the
\npolice on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
\"The four men said that they were under orders from Citibank,\"
\nAbubakar said yesterday.<\/p>\n
He said that the debt collectors had a letter signed by J.
\nSugiarto, the head of Citibank's collection department.<\/p>\n
A security officer of Citibank said that he went to the
\nCentral Jakarta police precinct to make sure that the four men
\nwere working for the bank.<\/p>\n
\"We also wanted to know what agency they came from,\" he said,
\nexplaining that Citibank uses some collections agencies to
\ncollect on bad loans.<\/p>\n
Ino said the four men came to her house to demand that she pay
\nthe Rp 10 million (US$4,300) credit card bill of her son-in-law,
\nKris Kolaka.<\/p>\n
The four men became angry and broke windows when Ino refused.<\/p>\n
One of the men, Yunus, who was reportedly drunk, got into a
\nfight with another man at the house. Yunus suffered injuries to
\nhis head during the altercation.<\/p>\n
The men demanded that Ino give them Rp 100,000 to pay for
\nmedical treatment. They then took a member of Ino's family
\nhostage and went to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.<\/p>\n
The police apprehended the debt collectors at the hospital
\nafter receiving a report from Ino. (jun)<\/p>",
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