Scared journalist protected<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City Police yesterday guaranteed the security of
\na Tangerang photojournalist and his family from threats and
\nterror alleged to have been plotted by a neighborhood chief.<\/p>\n
\"We've asked him to go home and live as usual with his wife
\nand children because the local police have deployed personnel,
\nled by the chief of Public Counseling Unit, to control the
\nsecurity in his area,\" City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. Iman
\nHaryatna said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Robin Ong, 38, a photojournalist from the banned Tempo
\nmagazine, had reported the chief of the Bugel subdistrict,
\nMulyadi, to the Tangerang police recently for terrorizing his
\nfamily at least twice.<\/p>\n
The motive, Robin said, might have been his letter recently
\nprinted in the Bisnis Indonesia daily.<\/p>\n
In the letter, Robin complained about the floods that
\nregularly affect his house in the Banjarwijaya housing complex in
\nCipondoh, near Bugel.<\/p>\n
Mulyadi's house in the complex, was also flooded. The letter,
\nwhich was unsigned, said the flood even reached the karaoke
\nsinging room of Mulyadi's house.<\/p>\n
On the day the letter was published, Robin said Mulyadi
\nintimidated him on the phone. Several hours later, according to
\nRobin, the village chief came along with two thugs and banged on
\nhis gate.<\/p>\n
\"The man has threatened to kill me, my husband and children,\"
\nRobin's wife said.<\/p>\n
Mulyadi has denied intimidating Robin's family, saying that he
\nand some companions went to Robin's house just to find out why
\nthe photojournalist wrote such a letter.<\/p>\n
Since then, Robin's house has been empty after the alleged
\nvictim moved his wife and children to a relative's house.<\/p>\n
Spokesman Iman quoted City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Dibyo Widodo
\nas saying that the police would do their best to settle the
\ndispute satisfactorily and speedily. (bsr)<\/p>",
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