Police moving slowly in Yorrys new case<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police are finding it slow going in
\ninvestigations hoped to link Yorrys Raweyai of the Pemuda
\nPancasila organization to a series of crimes, including the
\nsmuggling of alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n
City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto told reporters
\nhere yesterday that the only strong evidence of crime collected
\nby the city police is related to Yorrys' alleged gambling
\nactivities and the torture leading to the death of a servant in
\nSeptember of last year.<\/p>\n
The day-to-day chairman of the country's powerful youth
\norganization is currently being tried for his alleged connections
\nto a gambling operation in West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Yorrys and a number of the organization executives are
\nbelieved to have been involved in fatal beating of the servant.
\nThat killing is still being investigated, with some of the
\nsuspects, along with Yorrys himself, already in city police
\ncustody.<\/p>\n
So far Yorrys' has yet to admit having played a role in the
\nassault that led to the servant's death.<\/p>\n
\"We don't need his confession because some of the other
\nsuspects and witnesses have pointed him out as the plotter of the
\ntorture,\" Hindarto said.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old servant, Djasman, was believed to have
\nkidnapped and killed the two-and-a-half-year-old son of a top
\nexecutive of the organization last September. Several of its
\nactivists found and beat the servant in Pasar Minggu, South
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The group later handed over the dying servant to the City
\nPolice Headquarters with one of his ears missing and serious
\ninternal injuries due to the beating. A few days afterwards,
\npolice announced the death of the servant at the Kramat Jati
\npolice hospital, saying that it was \"due to torture by an angry
\nmob who found him in Pasar Minggu.\"<\/p>\n
Not long afterwards, the police announced the closure of the
\ncase, saying that the law could not try a group of people.<\/p>\n
Untouchable<\/p>\n
The case was opened again last month following the arrest of
\nYorrys for his alleged role in the gambling den. A number of his
\naccomplices, who were identified by Djasman before he died, have
\nbeen arrested. Their confessions have implicated Yorrys.<\/p>\n
The public has questioned why the police froze the case for
\nalmost a year and have only now arrested Yorrys, who is widely
\nknown as an \"untouchable\" figure.<\/p>\n
Hindarto said: \"It's just an incidental matter.\"<\/p>\n
He added that the city police are still gathering information
\nand collecting material evidence on Yorrys' alleged role in other
\ncrimes, including the smuggling of alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n
\"Whatever information we get, we will act on it immediately,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Sources said that most of the illegal drinks Yorrys is
\nbelieved to have smuggled into the country were distributed to
\nhotels, restaurants and bars in and around the city.<\/p>\n
In line with the intensive police effort to tie Yorrys to as
\nmany cases as they can prove, two detectives were assigned to
\nleave for Singapore last week to collect information about the
\nkilling of a noted gambling operator, who was stabbed by a group
\nof people in April.<\/p>\n
The progress of their mission has yet to be been announced.<\/p>\n
Wonder<\/p>\n
Critics, who highly appreciate the recent city police
\nmaneuvering in the Yorrys investigation, estimate that the
\nofficers will eventually run into a powerful barrier due to a
\nnumber of important figures playing behind the scene.<\/p>\n
Late last week, Yapto Suryosumarno, the number one person at
\nPemuda Pancasila, went to see Hindarto at the City Police
\nHeadquarters.<\/p>\n
When asked about the meeting yesterday, Hindarto refused to
\ncomment on what he had discussed with Yapto.<\/p>\n
But a reliable police source said Yapto attempted to make sure
\nthat he is not the next target of the massive police operation
\nagainst organized crime in the city.<\/p>\n
\"If you have committed no crime, you have nothing to be
\nworried about,\" the source quoted Hindarto as saying during the
\nmeeting, which was sponsored by a noted figure. (bsr)<\/p>",
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