Police loose key lead in TMII bomb case<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police detectives learned on Wednesday
\nthat they had been duped by a person whom they had attempted to
\napprehend over the past two days.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Harry Montolalu
\nadmitted on Wednesday that police had lost a significant lead on
\nthe person who bought three traveler's checks, reportedly given
\nby fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra to Elize Maria Tuwahatu,
\nthe main suspect in the recent bomb plant in Indonesian Miniature
\n(TMII) recreation park in East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
"When one buys a traveler's check, one is obliged to show
\none's identification card (ID) to the bank. The address on that
\nID turned out to be fake... there's no address as such. We have
\nlost this person, for now," Harry told reporters.<\/p>\n
Both National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Saleh Saaf and the
\nCity Police detectives chief of general crimes, Comr. Tito
\nKarnavian, had earlier claimed that police had identified the
\nperson and knew where he or she was.<\/p>\n
"It's a matter of time. The arrest must be legal... so give us
\ntime," Saleh Saaf told reporters at the National Police
\nHeadquarters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Tito told The Jakarta Post by phone on Monday that the police
\nexpected to capture the person within 48 hours.<\/p>\n
"We know who this person is. This person bought the traveler's
\nchecks, each worth Rp 25 million, from one bank, and these checks
\nsomehow ended up in Elize's hands," Tito said.<\/p>\n
Elize was arrested for the possession of three bombs at TMII
\non Jan. 19.<\/p>\n
During police questioning, Elize said that Tommy, the youngest
\nson of former president Soeharto, ordered her to bring the bombs,
\nwhich were supposed to be detonated at the Attorney General's
\nOffice, the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Directorate
\nGeneral of Taxation, all in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
A resident of Jl. Suwiryo 48, Elize said that Tommy had taken
\nher around in a Kijang van for about 40 minutes, on Jan. 14.<\/p>\n
During the ride Tommy gave her the bombs and the traveler's
\nchecks, said Elize. (ylt)<\/p>",
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