Police will seize cars without proper vehicle documents<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): In a move to check the import of illegal
\nautomobiles, Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi said on
\nWednesday the police would not hesitate to seize any vehicle
\nwhich did not have proper documents.<\/p>\n
\"If there are no proper documents, the police will forcibly
\nsecure the car and question the owner until we find out who is
\nthe true owner of the car ... it's regulation,\" Nurfaizi said at
\nJakarta Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
\"Too many cars are being smuggled into our country. We cannot
\ntake any chances.\"<\/p>\n
Nurfaizi was commenting on the recent seizure in East Jakarta
\nof three luxury vehicles and two economy automobiles, in total
\nvalued at hundreds of million of rupiah.<\/p>\n
The vehicles were a white Toyota Land Cruiser which at one
\ntime belonged to the United Nations Mission in East Timor
\n(UNAMET), which was being sold for Rp 125 million (US$16,700); a
\ngray Toyota Land Cruiser being sold for Rp 75 million; a silver
\nRange Rover being sold for Rp 75 million; a Chevrolet Nova which
\nformerly belonged to the United States Embassy and was being sold
\nfor Rp 15 million; and a Toyota Celica Sport, which was being
\noffered at Rp 22.5 million.<\/p>\n
Earlier, East Jakarta Police chief Col. Hidayat Fabanxio said
\npolice had arrested two people since March 20 in connection with
\nthe five vehicles, which did not posses proper documents.<\/p>\n
\"Lia Chun Kim was arrested when we found the white Toyota Land
\nCruiser in a warehouse in Pondok Bambu, East Jakarta. Lia was the
\nwarehouse guard. He directed us to Sandy Jackson Wijaya, alias
\nToni, who (Lia) said smuggled illegal cars into the country,\"
\nHidayat said.<\/p>\n
\"We got Toni, who is actually the owner of a car showroom on
\nJl. Pedati in East Jakarta. There we got the Nova, the Celica and
\nthe Range Rover.<\/p>\n
\"Toni said the owner of the Celica and the Nova was a man
\nnamed Iwan. We are still searching for him,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The gray Land Cruiser was seized by East Jakarta Police
\ndetectives at Graha Cijantung, but as of Wednesday police had yet
\nto locate the owner of the vehicle.<\/p>\n
A number of vehicles have been seized by city police since the
\nbeginning of this year.<\/p>\n
City Traffic Police chief Col. Nyoman Sukesna said recently
\nhis officers confiscated three Mercedes and a Land Cruiser from
\nthe home of a prominent figure on Jl. Barito, Kebayoran Baru,
\nSouth Jakarta, on Feb. 19.<\/p>\n
Nyoman said two of the three confiscated Mercedes were 1999
\nmodels and the third was a 1998 model.<\/p>\n
\"The problem was that all three (vehicles) had one license
\nplate, B 430 ... I can't give you the full number. There was only
\none registration document for the three Mercedes, which was a
\ndocument for a 1979 model Mercedes,\" Nyoman said.<\/p>\n
He said there was another Land Cruiser at the house which was
\nnot confiscated. \"One Land Cruiser was a 1998 model that was
\nwhite with a maroon stripe along the lower body. Another was a
\n1997 model, which was reportedly smuggled in by UNAMET.\"<\/p>\n
Tanjung Priok Seaport Police in North Jakarta confiscated
\nthree Ferraris in February.<\/p>\n
\"When we investigated this case, we found that the cars were
\nmeant to delivered to a very important official here,\" seaport
\npolice chief Col. Edward Aritonang said.<\/p>\n
The seizure of the Ferraris was the first such seizure of the
\nyear. The illegal import of luxury cars was rampant in the 1970s.
\n(ylt)<\/p>",
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