Police plan probe into bunker mystery<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The National Police will question a number of
\npeople for providing them with misleading information, in
\nconnection with the underground bunker found below the Central
\nJakarta home of fugitive Hutomo \"Tommy\" Mandala Putra.<\/p>\n
\"Those to be questioned may include Tommy's lawyers and family
\nmembers. Some of them have said that no bunker existed, but when
\npolice found the bunker, they called it an old cellar,\" National
\nPolice spokesman Brig. Gen. Saleh Saaf told reporters at National
\nPolice Headquarters.<\/p>\n
\"The bunker is air-conditioned and very well-furnished.
\nEverything found inside looks brand new ... the bunker was
\nequipped with chairs, a table, a huge cupboard fixed to the wall,
\nmechanical equipment, an air-conditioner and exhaust fan.\"<\/p>\n
Saleh added that whoever misled the police with \"incorrect
\ninformation or lies, will be questioned.\"<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, city police detectives claim that they have yet to
\nfind a passageway leading out of the bunker and into a residence
\nin the Menteng area, or any other area for that matter.<\/p>\n
\"No passageway exiting the bunker to any other place has been
\nfound. We still have to analyze what we have found,\" chief of
\ncity police detectives Snr. Comr. Harry Montolalu told The
\nJakarta Post.<\/p>\n
\"Today, we are bringing in the geo-radar detectors to further
\ninvestigate whether there are passages leading from the bunker.\"<\/p>\n
A police source, however, said that the police had found a
\npassageway leading from the bunker to Jl. Cendana, in the up-
\nmarket area of Menteng where former president Soeharto and his
\nchildren reside.<\/p>\n
Quoting an official police report on the finding of the
\nbunker, another source said that a hydraulic door about 90
\ncentimeters wide and 62 centimeters long ended in steps leading
\nto an underground room.<\/p>\n
\"One goes up and down the elevator using an electricity
\nswitch, but since there was no electricity ... we call it the
\nhydraulic door,\" the source said.<\/p>\n
The underground room has a passageway leading to the east,
\nmeasuring about one meter wide and 2.7 meters long, the report
\nsaid. The passageway leads to the four-by-four meter bunker.<\/p>\n
\"The bunker contains items with excellent wooden finishes ...
\nwhether it be the table, the chairs or the huge cupboard fixed to
\nthe wall of the bunker. Remote buttons (connected to electricity)
\ngrace the walls of the bunker and several mechanical devices fill
\nit as well. Police also found an air-conditioner and an exhaust
\nfan in it,\" the source said.<\/p>\n
\"The electricity is needed for the lighting in the room, the
\nair-conditioner and to operate the elevator.\"<\/p>\n
The report added that the clock on the wall was still running
\nand showed time \"according to ordinary Indonesian time, shown on
\nwatches worn by police officers ... it showed 4:30 p.m.\"<\/p>\n
As reported earlier, after two days of continuous drilling,
\npolice officers eventually broke into an air-conditioned
\nunderground bunker on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Secretary to the city police detectives chief, Adj. Snr. Comr.
\nAbdullah, said police spent all of Tuesday afternoon making an
\ninventory of what was found in the room.<\/p>\n
\"No Tommy (in there). We did find a complete kitchen set, an
\nexhaust fan, brand new air-conditioner, racks and shelves, tool
\nkits and electric lights,\" Abdullah told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Harry added that police were unable to find the switches to
\nturn the lights on.<\/p>\n
There have been several reports of interconnecting bunkers
\nbelow the adjoining residences of the former first family,
\nlocated in Jakarta's plush Menteng area.<\/p>\n
Tommy's lawyer Juan Felix Tampubolon had earlier told
\nreporters that police were illegally breaking the floors of
\nTommy's home, since the police had no warrant from any Jakarta
\ncourt authorizing them to do so.<\/p>\n
\"The police only have a search warrant. We strongly protest
\nthis demolition and will soon take legal action,\" Juan had told
\nreporters. (ylt)<\/p>",
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