Driver killed over Rp 2,000 dispute<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): A Prestasi taxi driver was mobbed and killed
\non Sunday evening by a gang of hoodlums over a Rp 2000 dispute in
\nSerpong, an officer said.<\/p>\n
Police subprecinct chief First Insp. Widji Listianto
\nidentified the victim as Rizal, 31, a resident of Tanjung Gedong,
\nWest Jakarta, and the suspects, all still at large, as those
\nnormally demanding money from taxi drivers waiting for passengers
\nin the area.<\/p>\n
\"Police are still tracing the possible whereabouts of the
\nsuspects, who managed to escape shortly after our arrival,\" Widji
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Based on preliminary investigations, the victim, who normally
\nparked his taxi in the area along with his fellow taxi drivers,
\nwas just about to leave the site with a passenger at around 7
\np.m. when one of the culprits approached him and asked for a
\n\"waiting fee\" of Rp 2,000 (two U.S. cents).<\/p>\n
Rizal apparently refused to meet the request and eventually
\nalighted from his taxi and became involved in a heated argument
\nwith the hoodlum, officer Widji said.<\/p>\n
The quarrel led the other gang members to rush to the scene
\nwhere they immediately mobbed the taxi driver, he said.<\/p>\n
\"One of the suspects hit Rizal on the back of the head with a
\nbar as a result of which he fell down on the ground unconscious,\"
\nthe officer quoted witnesses as saying.<\/p>\n
Rizal died on the way to Tangerang General Hospital.<\/p>\n
\"We hope that we will be able to catch this gang of hoodlums
\nsoon, as they are always making problems for taxi drivers in the
\narea,\" Widji said.<\/p>\n
In March of this year, a public minivan driver, Maulana, 23,
\nwas beaten and slashed to death by a gang of three men over Rp
\n100 at the side of Jl. Cemara in the Karawaci housing complex.<\/p>\n
Witnesses at the scene recalled that the three men, who
\ncollect money from minivan drivers for their \"services\" in
\ndirecting passengers to their vehicles, were upset when Maulana
\nrefused their demand for cash. (41\/bsr)<\/p>",
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