Man gets 6 months for kidnapping<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): The Bogor District Court sentenced Okta Yudistira
\nalias Sarifudin, 20, on Tuesday to six months in jail for
\ninvolvement in kidnapping two South Korean citizens and holding
\nthem hostage in his rented house in Cinoro.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Sri Koestati said in her verdict that the
\ndefendant was found guilty of threatening at knife point the two
\nvictims, identified as Park Jeung Hoon and his friend Lee Hyun,
\nto make them disclose the personal identification numbers of
\ntheir credit cards.<\/p>\n
\"Because the victims were afraid, they finally gave the
\nnumbers to them,\" she said.<\/p>\n
The two expatriates were abducted by a group of five -- Okta's
\nbrother Safuan, Ediranto, Win, Nurida and Sarmadi -- after taking
\na taxi in Sunter, North Jakarta, in the wee hours of July 30 this
\nyear.<\/p>\n
\"The taxi was forcefully stopped by the robber gang,\" Koestati
\nsaid, adding that the gang later seized the victims' belongings,
\nincluding Rp 300,000 (US$40), passports, a 10-gram gold ring,
\nshoes and credit cards.<\/p>\n
The victims, however, managed to run away when the defendant,
\nwho was assigned guard them, fell asleep, she said. The other
\nfive are still at large.<\/p>\n
Koestati said the defendant's act violated Article 365 of the
\nCriminal Code on theft with violence. (24\/hhr)<\/p>",
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