Thief on Argo Lawu<\/p>\n
On Sunday Oct. 19 my wife and I traveled to our home town
\nYogyakarta from Jakarta on the Argo Lawu executive train.<\/p>\n
During my previous overland journeys (by train, night bus, or
\nprivate car) I had always had difficulty in catching some sleep.<\/p>\n
That day was an exception. After dinner and reading for one
\nhour I became sleepy and fell into a deep slumber. It was such a
\ndeep sleep that I woke up only 10 minutes before the train
\narrived at Tugu station in Yogyakarta and that was by courtesy of
\na train attendant. In normal circumstances I would have woken up
\nwhen the train stopped at Cirebon and Purwokerto.<\/p>\n
I woke up my wife and started getting ready to leave the
\ntrain. When I went to reach for my traveling bag on the rack
\nabove my seat (number 2 on the left from the back door), I did
\nnot see it. It had moved to a corner. Logically it is not
\npossible for the bag to shift by itself because the railway track
\nis not very steep anywhere. It was eerie. A closer look revealed
\nthat an envelope with more than one million rupiah had
\ndisappeared. Personal articles worth another million were also
\ngone. Apparently the lock had not been tampered with, but there
\nwas a small hole at the end of the zipper.<\/p>\n
I asked the lady sitting behind me how come my bag was above
\nher seat. She said she had not slept during the journey, just
\nsometimes glanced through the window. She added, however, that
\nthere was a man with (dyed) blond hair who passed three times.
\nShe saw a bag around midnight placed on the seat next to her.<\/p>\n
I went to the dining car to speak to the security staff. I did
\nnot get a satisfactory response. The train arrived and there was
\nno follow-up to my talk with the security man.<\/p>\n
I appeal to prospective passengers of Argo Lawu to be watchful
\nfor any possibility of theft, not to use traveling bags with
\nzippers because they are easy to open and not to be deceived by
\nthe neat appearance of passengers sitting close by.<\/p>\n
I would ask the state railway company (Perumka) to improve
\nsecurity on its trains. The food also needs improving. Perumka
\nshould realize that the quality of its service deteriorates from
\nyear to year, which is in sharp contrast to the increase in their
\nrevenues gained from their suffering passengers.<\/p>\n
DODHY ACHDIYAT<\/p>\n
Yogyakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/thief-on-argo-lawu-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }