Police allegedly attack vendors<\/p>\n
BOGOR, West Java: A group of men with crew cuts ran amok and
\nbeat street vendors on Jl. Merdeka on Sunday night, causing
\ninjuries among the traders and damaging their stalls.<\/p>\n
Snack vendors Sulaeman, 45, and Robert Siregar, 40, said on
\nMonday that the incident stemmed from a fight between vendors and
\nresidents of Jl. Merdeka on one hand and three men claiming to be
\nmembers of the Kedunghalang Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob)
\nRegiment 1 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Robert said that the alleged Brimob members seized some Rp 1
\nmillion (US$105) from a newspaper vendor who was sleeping on the
\nterrace of a store.<\/p>\n
One of the men, Siswoyo, was captured and beaten up, while his
\nfriends managed to flee with the money.<\/p>\n
\"We found out that he was a Brimob member from a firearms
\nlicense in his wallet which he threw away,\" Robert said.<\/p>\n
The license clearly states his name, Private Siswoyo S.J., a
\nmember of Battalion C, Regiment 1 Kedunghalang. The license
\nauthorizes him to carry an SS I 5.56 mm caliber firearm with
\nregistration number 99.64015.<\/p>\n
Later at around 10 p.m. on Sunday night, a group of men who
\narrived in two public minivans attacked the vendors with
\nfirearms, sickles and machetes. (hdn)<\/p>",
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