Quick end to kidnapping drama<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The 3.5-hour kidnapping drama of a nine-year-old
\nschoolgirl in South Jakarta ended last Friday with the girl's
\nparents agreeing to give up US$85,000 in ransom, though the money
\nhas not been lost.<\/p>\n
Nursiah, the girl's mother, told the Berita Yudha morning
\ndaily over the weekend that she transferred the money to the BII
\nbank in Cawang, East Jakarta, on Friday at 2:15 p.m., as demanded
\nby the abductor. The abductor gave Nursiah his account number and
\ntold her not to go to the police.<\/p>\n
Ridha Firli Tendri, the abducted girl, was released soon after
\nthe money was transferred. Eyewitnesses said they saw the girl
\nget out of a black Toyota Kijang van at around 4:30 p.m. on
\nFriday<\/p>\n
Nursiah said she had reported to the police before
\ntransferring the money. Police said that they asked the bank to
\nblock the account number so the money could not be withdrawn.<\/p>\n
Nursiah, a clerk at the North Jakarta District Court, said she
\nwas called by someone she did not know while she was still in the
\noffice on Friday at 12:30 p.m. \"The caller asked me to transfer
\nthe money to the bank,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Quoting her daughter, Nursiah said that an unidentified man in
\na black Toyota Kijang van had approached her daughter and asked
\nher to have lunch at McDonalds.<\/p>\n
After the release the girl said she could not remember the man
\nnor the location of the McDonalds. However, the police are
\nbelieved to know had identify the abductor. (sur)<\/p>",
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