100-ha land in

100-ha land in
Puncak cleared

BOGOR, West Java (JP): Local authorities have taken back from
developers at least 100 hectares of state-owned land being used
for buildings in the tourist resort of Puncak, Bogor.

Denny M Moechrry, head of the information office at the Bogor
Regency, said that the plots were seized after numerous buildings
and luxury villas were destroyed.

Denny did not explain how the building owners were able obtain
to get building permits for the houses and villas in the
Megamendung, Cisarua and Ciawi subdistricts.

"The Bogor regency has torn down 51 buildings that were
standing on the land," he was quoted by Kompas as saying.

He said that Bogor Regent Eddie Yoso Martadipura will soon
visit the area, which will be converted into forest area. (26)

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Kidnapper successful
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Quick end to
kidnapping drama

JAKARTA (JP): The 3.5-hour kidnapping drama of a nine-year-old
schoolgirl in South Jakarta ended last Friday with the girl's
parents agreeing to give up US$85,000 in ransom, though the money
has not been lost.

Nursiah, the girl's mother, told the Berita Yudha morning
daily over the weekend that she transferred the money to the BII
bank in Cawang, East Jakarta, on Friday at 2:15 p.m., as demanded
by the abductor. The abductor gave Nursiah his account number and
told her not to go to the police.

Ridha Firli Tendri, the abducted girl, was released soon after
the money was transferred. Eyewitnesses said they saw the girl
get out of a black Toyota Kijang van at around 4:30 p.m. on
Friday

Nursiah said she had reported to the police before
transferring the money. Police said that they asked the bank to
block the account number so the money could not be withdrawn.

Nursiah, a clerk at the North Jakarta District Court, said she
was called by someone she did not know while she was still in the
office on Friday at 12:30 p.m. "The caller asked me to transfer
the money to the bank," she said.

Quoting her daughter, Nursiah said that an unidentified man in
a black Toyota Kijang van had approached her daughter and asked
her to have lunch at McDonalds.

After the release the girl said she could not remember the man
nor the location of the McDonalds. However, the police are
believed to know had identify the abductor. (sur)

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Another rape in Bekasi
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Another rape
in Bekasi

JAKARTA (JP): A 35-year-old housewife has allegedly been raped
by five unidentified men in her residence in Bekasi, West Java.

The Berita Yudha morning daily reported over the weekend that
the five men took turns raping Ti before asking her to surrender
her furniture on Friday.

According to the daily, the house, including the furniture,
was being rented by Ti from her Bogor-based relative, who
reportedly wanted the furniture returned, but Ti and her husband
refused to give it back

Police are not sure if the rape is connected with the owner's
demands to have the furniture returned. (sur)