Police look for Tommy's accomplice<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police are looking for a man who aided Hutomo
\n\"Tommy\" Mandala Putra to escape on Nov. 3, a few hours before
\nauthorities declared him a fugitive, Jakarta Police Criminal
\nInvestigation chief Sr. Supt. Harry Montolalu said on Monday.<\/p>\n
\"We have received information that Tommy was not alone when he
\nran away,\" Harry said from Jakarta Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
Harry said that the aide came to Tommy's home on Jl. Yusuf
\nAdiwinata in Central Jakarta at the deadline set by prosecutors
\nfor Tommy to begin the 18-month jail term as ruled by the Supreme
\nCourt.<\/p>\n
The man, Tommy and two of Tommy's chauffeurs, Syamsul Anwar
\nand Budi, left the house each driving a car, Harry said. The man
\ndrove a Volvo sedan while Tommy drove a Mercedes Benz van with
\nlicense plate number B 306 T.<\/p>\n
\"Tommy's drivers who saw the man said they did not recognize
\nhim, and that the man had only come to the house once before,\"
\nHarry said.<\/p>\n
Harry said the two cars driven by Tommy's chauffeurs had
\nreturned home after they drove to an area near Jl. Hang Lekir at
\nthe Senayan traffic circle, South Jakarta, while the other two
\ncontinued on.<\/p>\n
\"The car driven by Tommy was later found at his father-in-
\nlaw's house. The question is: Who drove the car there?\" Harry
\nasked, adding that the police were still looking for the other
\ncar.<\/p>\n
Police seized on Thursday the purple metallic van parked in
\nthe garage at the residence of Tommy's father-in-law, Bambang
\nSucahyo Ajie Suryobandoro, in the Police Housing Complex in
\nRagunan, South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Separately on Monday, the lawyer for Tommy's family, Juan
\nFelix Tampubolon, said Tommy did not drive the van.<\/p>\n
However, Juan did not explain how the car arrived at the house
\nand said that Tommy's wife Ardhia \"Tata\" Pramesti Rigita Cahyani
\ndid not know either.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Elza Syarief, representing Bambang Sucahyo, who was
\nquestioned at the National Police Headquarters for over eight
\nhours, said the van was used by Tata and the children to visit
\nhis client on the day Tommy went missing.<\/p>\n
\"The van had been there since 4 p.m. on Nov. 3, and was driven
\nby driver Husein. When my client arrived home from work at 6
\np.m., the van and the driver along with Tata and the children
\nwere there,\" Elza said.<\/p>\n
\"Pak Bambang has not communicated directly with Tommy since
\nhis marriage,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Elza added that the van was usually used to drive Tata and the
\nchildren to Bambang's home every weekend since Tommy spent his
\nweekend playing golf without his family.<\/p>\n
The officers at Jakarta Police Headquarters questioned Tata,
\nTommy's sister Siti \"Mamiek\" Hutami Endang Adiningsih and two of
\nTommy's aides as witnesses on Monday.<\/p>\n
Tata and Mamiek, who were surrounded with bodyguards, refused
\nto comment to reporters afterward.<\/p>\n
Tata was questioned earlier last week together with Tommy's
\nsisters and brothers and she stated she knew nothing of the
\nwhereabouts of the country's most wanted man.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Mulyono Sulaiman said the
\npolice were reinvestigating some places searched earlier in their
\nhunt for Tommy. However, Mulyono refused to elaborate on the
\nplaces.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, South Jakarta Prosecutor's Office head Antasari
\nAzhar visited the National Police headquarters for a coordination
\nmeeting with the force in order to expedite Tommy's arrest.<\/p>\n
\"We discussed the results of the police investigation and the
\ndetails of our challenges in jailing Tommy,\" Antasari said before
\nleaving the headquarters accompanied by prosecutor Fachmi and the
\nprosecutor's intelligence officer Zainuri.<\/p>\n
Antasari said the prosecutors asked the National Police to
\nfind any parties who obstructed the police from executing the
\ncourt verdict or who helped hide Tommy. (jaw\/bby)<\/p>",
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