Murder suspects 'gang members'<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives identified on
\nWednesday the three primary suspects who allegedly stabbed to
\ndeath a Betawi resident in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, in a
\nclash between the two ethnic groups on Monday, as members of a
\ngang headed by a Madurese.<\/p>\n
South Jakarta Police chief of detectives Comr. Napoleon
\nBonaparte identified the suspects as Suniran, Asmat and Ali
\nMansyur, members of a group headed by a notorious hoodlum, named
\nAtam.<\/p>\n
Napoleon said that Atam allegedly coerced food vendors in the
\nKebayoran Lama traditional market, into paying his men money, so
\nthat the traders' businesses were not disturbed.<\/p>\n
\"We believe that Atam and his men justified this type of
\nextortion by what he called a cleaning service. Atam owns garbage
\ntrucks and his men clean up the garbage daily from around the
\ntraders' kiosks in the market, for a price,\" Napoleon told
\nreporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"The price could reach between Rp 4,000 (US$ 4 cents) to Rp
\n8,000 per kiosk daily.\"<\/p>\n
South Jakarta administration records state that there are
\nabout 3,000 kiosks in the Kebayoran Lama traditional market.<\/p>\n
\"While Atam's men are suspects in the murder case, he himself
\nis now officially a suspect for extortion,\" Napoleon told
\nreporters.<\/p>\n
\"The murder was purely spontaneous... we are still
\nquestioning 11 suspects over the murder.\"<\/p>\n
The Monday stabbing of a Betawi, Iwan Setiawan alias Acong
\noccurred because a group of youths, including Iwan, conducted an
\nID check on people passing Jl. Kangkung in Kebayoran Lama.<\/p>\n
The ID check reportedly involved asking people whether they
\nwere Betawi or Madurese, a move which angered Madurese residents
\nenough to track Iwan down, and kill him.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Atam himself told reporters at South Jakarta Police
\nprecinct that he had nothing to do with the stabbing, and was
\ndepressed over the actions of his men.<\/p>\n
\"Please don't call me a hoodlum. I really don't know why this
\nhas happened,\" Atam told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\"The people who murdered Iwan were my men, but my only
\nrelationship with them is connected with the cleanliness of the
\nKebayoran Lama market.\"<\/p>\n
With regard the extortion case, Atam strongly denied rumors
\nthat he provided a Kebayoran Lama district official with Rp 25
\nmillion each month to extort money from market traders.<\/p>\n
\"That's a lie. I agree that some of my men are greedy. They
\nask for more than what they deserve, but when it comes to me, I
\ndo not pay bribes to anyone,\" Atam said. (ylt)<\/p>",
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