Officers to be posted at street junctions<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City police pledged on Thursday to intensify
\nsecurity by posting more plainclothes police officers at busy
\nstreet junctions and residential complexes in a bid to stem the
\nrising tide of crime in the capital.<\/p>\n
"We will not hesitate to take stern action against criminals
\nto protect the public. Criminals are getting fiercer, so if
\nnecessary we'll shoot them to death," the city's chief detective,
\nCol. Gories Mere said here on Thursday.<\/p>\n
"We will attempt to respond and to protect the public. We are
\nall aware that there has been an increase in the incidence of
\narmed robberies on public transport vehicles and in residential
\ncomplexes and streets," Gories told a media conference.<\/p>\n
City police spokesman Lt. Col. Edward Aritonang and senior
\npolice officer Lt. Col. Dikdik Muliana also attended the media
\nconference.<\/p>\n
City police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman shared Gories'
\nview, saying that rising crime had left Jakartans feeling
\ninsecure. He expressed a worry that the nervous state of the
\ncapital's inhabitants might soon begin to impinge on daily
\neconomic life.<\/p>\n
The two-star general made the remarks after a routine meeting
\nwith the head of the Army's Strategic Reserves Command Lt. Gen.
\nDjamari Chaniago, the chief of the Army's Special Force Maj. Gen.
\nSyahrir and the chief of the Jakarta Military Command Maj. Gen.
\nDjadja Suparman at the city police headquarters.<\/p>\n
Gories said that four alleged criminals, including the
\nsuspected leader of a gang thought to be responsible for a number
\nof robberies in the city, were shot dead in a series of raids
\nlaunched by police in separate areas of Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n
However, Gories said that a policeman also received knife
\nwounds to his chest and head after getting into a fight with one
\nof the suspects during the operation.<\/p>\n
He said the alleged leader of a gang of robbers shot during
\none raid had been identified as Nimbar bin Umar, 40. He was shot
\nin North Jakarta early on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
Police suspect his gang have committed at least 20 armed
\nrobberies over a period stretching from early last year until
\nAugust of this year.<\/p>\n
The gang is also suspected of stealing Rp 40 million
\n(US$4,000) from a school in Tebet, South Jakarta, in July.<\/p>\n
Nimbar was arrested in Kramat Tunggak red-light district on
\nthe strength of a tip-off from his former accomplice Sumbri, who
\nhas been incarcerated in East Jakarta's Cipinang penitentiary
\nsince July.<\/p>\n
"Once captured, police ordered Nimbar to lead them to the
\nhideouts of his other accomplices in East Jakarta. In the Duren
\nSawit area, he pointed out a house. Three policemen got out off
\nthe car, leaving one colleague to guard Nimbar," Gories said.<\/p>\n
Nimbar launched himself at the officer in a desperate attempt
\nto escape, but was shot five times. He died instantly, Gories
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
A separate squad of police officers were forced to shoot an
\narmed robber who resisted arrest on Jembatan Lima in West
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The suspect, identified as Ibrahim, 21, was shot in the head
\nand leg. A second man escaped.<\/p>\n
Ibrahim was spotted by plainclothes officers at a nearby
\njunction after he attempted to steal a wristwatch from a man
\nidentified as Usman.<\/p>\n
"The victim shouted for help and alerted our undercover
\nofficers," Gories said.<\/p>\n
He explained that the suspect was shot in the head after
\nignoring warning shots.<\/p>\n
Two men were also shot dead by South Jakarta police on
\nThursday, while six more were arrested during an operation to
\ncrack down on crime in the South of the city. (emf)<\/p>",
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