Police arrest real suspects, not 'kolor hijau' in Bekasi attacks<\/p>\n
Evi Mariani and Marilin, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta\/Depok<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Mathius Salempang
\nsaid on Tuesday police had arrested two suspects in a separate
\nrape and robbery that took place in November in Bekasi, which led
\nto rumors of the kolor hijau (green underwear) creature.<\/p>\n
\"The real suspects are currently standing trial at the Bekasi
\nDistrict Court,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The police announced on Monday that the kolor hijau creature
\n-- believed to be half-man, half-pig -- did not exist.<\/p>\n
\"We deployed officers to the scenes of the crimes when the
\nrumors began in Bekasi in November,\" Salempang said.<\/p>\n
\"Residents said the kolor hijau was responsible for the rape
\non Nov. 16, and four days earlier there had been a theft in
\nanother village in Bekasi.<\/p>\n
\"I don't know how this creature became the talk of the town,
\nbut our officers gathered information that indicate the rumors of
\nthe kolor hijau began after this robbery,\" he said.<\/p>\n
City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo said he was
\ndisappointed with the inaccurate reporting of a local daily,
\nwhich wrote that a woman had been raped by the kolor hijau
\ncreature in Depok on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
During a visit to Depok, Prasetyo said no rape occurred and
\nthat the woman who claimed to have been raped had a history of
\nmental problems.<\/p>\n
He said the woman told officers she had been possessed by a
\nhairy, pig-faced, green creature since childhood.<\/p>\n
\"A doctor examined her and found razor cuts on her body. This
\nindicates she suffers from depression, perhaps because of
\nfinancial problems,\" Prasetyo said, adding that the woman's
\nhusband was unemployed.<\/p>",
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