Violence takes devastating toll in Greater Jakarta<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Murders, physical harassment and violence
\ninvaded the streets of the capital over the weekend.<\/p>\n
City Police recorded four murders on Saturday in Tangerang and
\nNorth Jakarta -- a three-day-old baby, a suspected thief, a
\nstudent and a man who tried to break up a fight.<\/p>\n
\"We try our best to educate the masses... teach them that
\nmurder is a great sin. As much as we try to stop people from
\nkilling, it just happens,\" city police spokesman Lt. Col. Zainuri
\nLubis told reporters.<\/p>\n
In Tangerang, the corpse of an unidentified three-day-old baby
\nwas found wrapped in cloth inside a carton on a football field at
\nJati village in Jatiuwung district.<\/p>\n
\"A lady identified as Suprihatin found the package in the
\nfield. She immediately reported the finding to the police,\"
\nZainuri said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, angry residents of Pasir Jaya subdistrict of
\nJatiuwung mobbed a suspected thief to death, who was trying to
\nescape with Rp 6.6 million (US$787) in cash, at about 8:30 p.m.
\non Saturday.<\/p>\n
City Police identified the suspect as Jamal bin Mansyur, 20, a
\nformer employee of the shoe factory PT Supratu Saman, on Jl.
\nPasir I, Tangerang.<\/p>\n
\"Jamal used a duplicate key to enter the factory. He unlocked
\na safe, got the money and was trying to escape when he was
\ncaught,\" Zainuri said.<\/p>\n
Jamal suffered bruises and wounds to his whole body, before
\ntaking his last breath.<\/p>\n
Separately in North Jakarta, the corpse of a student,
\nidentified as Dani Iskandar, 19, was found in the Rorotan area,
\nbehind the Cilincing Police station.<\/p>\n
The student, who lived in the Kandang Sapi village in
\nCilincing, suffered wounds to his left chest, and a stab wound to
\nthe right side of his stomach.<\/p>\n
Lastly, a man, identified as Ong Kwi Siang, 39, was murdered,
\nwhen he tried to stop a fight between two men on a football field
\nof Pejagalan area in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, at about 9 p.m.
\non Saturday.<\/p>\n
\"Ong was trying to stop a fight between Mulyana (arrested) and
\nanother man. When he got in the way, Mulyana stuck a sickle into
\nhis stomach. Ong died on the spot,\" Zainuri said.<\/p>\n
In unrelated developments, police recorded two disturbances
\ninvolving women in the past week.<\/p>\n
Police reported on Friday that a pregnant woman, identified
\nonly as Hrd, 29, was put through utter humiliation when subjected
\nto a strip search by security officers of a shopping center in
\nSouth Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The woman, a resident of Bekasi Indah Villa in Tambun, Bekasi,
\nhad been browsing for baby clothes and equipment with her two
\nkids at Borobudur Plaza in Blok M, South Jakarta, on Friday.<\/p>\n
\"I could not find anything nice, so I went to browse for other
\nstuff. I had gone to the Gramedia bookstore in the plaza, when
\nsuddenly, some security officers came and stopped me,\" Hrd said
\nin her police report.<\/p>\n
\"They told me in front of everybody, that I had taken
\nsomething. I was taken to a room where I was told to strip
\ncompletely. They did not find anything on me... how could they do
\nthis to me?\"<\/p>\n
She identified the suspects as Amran and Wati Wijaya, both
\nsecurity officers of the plaza.<\/p>\n
Another police report stated that a woman allegedly placed a
\nhot burning knife on the thigh of a female maidservant,
\nidentified as Nurhayati, 14, on Tuesday, in an act of revenge.<\/p>\n
Nurhayati identified the suspect as Ratna Wulantari, who lives
\nin the Pondok Aren village of Tangerang.<\/p>\n
Nurhayati said she had been working at the suspect's home for
\nabout five months. On Monday, she had wanted to break open her
\npiggy bank, which was made of plastic.<\/p>\n
\"So, I heated a knife and tried to pry it apart. Suddenly,
\nRatna's son, Danang, 5, came over and even after I told him
\nseveral times, he was bent on getting the knife. His thigh got
\nhurt in the process,\" Nurhayati said.<\/p>\n
\"On Tuesday, Ratna, heated a butcher knife, and placed it on
\nmy right thigh. I felt what she did was wrong, so I came here
\n(police).\" (ylt)<\/p>",
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