Police warn against misuse of logo<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The public is being urged to be alert and report
\nto the authorities any groups seeking donations using the name of
\nthe Jakarta Police.<\/p>\n
The head of the city police's Community Development Division,
\nChief Commissioner Sisno Adiwinoto, pointed out on Tuesday the
\npresence of these groups, saying he supported the work they did
\nbut not their method of collecting money using the police's name.<\/p>\n
\"We support the activities of these various group, but this
\ndoes not mean we will allow them to collect funds from the public
\n(using the police's name). People can report such activities to
\nthe police,\" Sisno said at Jakarta Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
He said that over the past three months he had signed letters
\nsupporting the various activities of three organizations,
\nincluding holding seminars on narcotics and the threat of bomb
\nattacks.<\/p>\n
However, the letters of support were not meant to be used for
\nfund-raising, he said.<\/p>\n
He said the police recently received several complaints from
\npeople who had been solicited by these organizations for
\ndonations of between Rp 300,000 and Rp 500,000.<\/p>\n
Sisno refused to name the organizations, but said they were
\nset up by a security firm, a non-governmental organization and a
\ngroup of military and police pensioners.<\/p>\n
S. Ismail, a 73-year-old resident of Menteng, Central Jakarta,
\nsaid she received a telephone call from someone claiming to be
\nfrom city police headquarters on Tuesday morning asking her to
\nsupport a public security program.<\/p>\n
She said she was told the program was in response to the
\nnumerous security threats in the capital, including the Christmas
\nEve bombings.<\/p>\n
Ismail said she was asked to give the money to a courier who
\nwould be sent to her house later in the afternoon. She handed
\nover Rp 300,000 to the courier.<\/p>\n
According to Ismail, the courier presented her a letter signed
\nby the head of the Nation Brotherhood and Unity Forum\/FPPB, A.
\nSyamsudin Iskandar, and the adjutant to the city police's public
\nsecurity and order chief, Com. Ramser E. Silalahi.<\/p>\n
She also said the letter was enclosed with a copy of the
\nprogram's proposal and a copy of memorandum of understanding
\n(MoU) between the city police and FPPB.<\/p>\n
The copy of the MoU was signed by A. Syamsudin Iskandar from
\nFPPB and Sisno Adiwinoto.<\/p>\n
According to the proposal, the Rp 2-billion program aims to
\nget people actively involved in public security and order.<\/p>\n
The program will hold field campaigns and public seminars, and
\nput out public service advertisements in the print and electronic
\nmedia, according to the proposal.<\/p>\n
Sisno reasserted that while the police in general supported
\nthe aims and goals of such activities, their endorsement was not
\ndesigned to solicit funds. (04\/jun)<\/p>",
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