Robberies that were never solved<\/p>\n
From Kompas<\/p>\n
The Horticulture Research Center of Lembang, under the
\nsupervision of the Agriculture Research and Development Center on
\nJl. Tangkubanperahu No. 517 in Lembang, Bandung, West Java (now
\nknown as the Research Center of Vegetables) has, since 1992, been
\nregularly broken into at night. The incidents, like clockwork,
\nhave taken place every six months.<\/p>\n
The thieves usually went after computers, electronic equipment
\nand cash. The police have, for the umpteenth time, registered the
\nstolen items, an act that will, undoubtedly, not produce results.<\/p>\n
In this year alone, there were two similar break-ins on May
\n28. Computers and a sum of Rp 15 million vanished without a
\ntrace.<\/p>\n
About a month later, a similar incident occurred at the
\nSegunung installation office in Cianjur under the same modus
\noperandi (the installation office was part of the Lembang
\nHorticulture section before).<\/p>\n
At the time, the respective office personnel were quite sure
\nthat the police would not be able to solve this crime. Their
\ndoubts became a certainty on Oct. 20 at midnight, when all the
\nsecurity guards were found tied up.<\/p>\n
The thieves had a field day when they broke into all the
\nrooms, cupboards and the office safe. There were about 11 office
\nworkers there at the time.<\/p>\n
All of the equipment from the research center, which is
\ngovernment property, was loaded into a van parked in the office
\npool. The office personnel have grown pessimistic once more about
\nthe inability of the police to solve the robbery. Worse still,
\nsince the thieves seemed to have prior knowledge about the
\ninstitute's assets.<\/p>\n
Should the research equipment, which is government property,
\nall be stolen before the thieves are found? We appeal to the
\nauthorities for protection of the respective government assets,
\nand the prevention of repeat break-ins.<\/p>\n
Name and address<\/p>\n
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