Sofjan makes Tommy his first target of work<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Incoming city police chief Insp. Gen. Sofjan
\nYacob vowed on Friday to track down and arrest the country's most
\nwanted fugitive, Hutomo \"Tommy\" Mandala Putra.<\/p>\n
Sofjan, who would officially replace outgoing Insp. Gen.
\nMulyono Sulaiman, vowed to make the arrest of Tommy his first
\ntarget as Jakarta Police chief.<\/p>\n
\"I will do my best to track Tommy down. Searches will be
\nconducted regularly across greater Jakarta, and regular
\ncoordination will be held with Interpol. Nationwide searches will
\nalso be held,\" Sofjan told reporters at city police headquarters
\non Friday.<\/p>\n
\"We have notified via Interpol police forces worldwide that
\nshould Tommy be sighted anywhere, we are to be notified
\nimmediately.\"<\/p>\n
But Sofyan, former South Sulawesi Police chief, refused to set
\na deadline to arrest Tommy.<\/p>\n
\"I am not going to promise anything, but I am going to do my
\nbest to get hold of that fugitive.\"<\/p>\n
Sofjan had spent five years teaching at the National Defense
\nInstitute (Lemhannas) before taking up the post as South Sulawesi
\nPolice chief.<\/p>\n
He is due to retire sometime next year.<\/p>\n
Tommy, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, has been
\non the run since last November. He was sentenced to 18 months in
\njail for corruption last September.<\/p>\n
Since his escape, the National Police have led nationwide
\nsearches under the leadership of two special police teams, one of
\nwhich was reportedly disbanded after its failure to locate Tommy.<\/p>\n
Police have questioned numerous controversial figures
\nsuspected of aiding Tommy in his escape, including Tommy's lawyer
\nNudirman Munir, Tommy's confidant, bomb suspect Elize Maria
\nTuwahatu, Tommy's wife Ardhia Pramesti \"Tata\" Regita Cahyani and
\nmore recently Tommy's former girlfriend, ex-model Lani
\nBanjaranti.<\/p>\n
Other fruitless measures police took to locate Tommy, whom
\nthey still believe is in Jakarta, was breaking into sections of
\nTommy's residence in the Menteng area of Central Jakarta, and
\nconducting searches in the residences of Soeharto, Tommy's
\nbrothers and sisters and other family members. (ylt)<\/p>",
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