Actress robbed in Pondok Indah

JAKARTA: Television drama actress Reggie Lawalata, 42, was robbed on Tuesday while stuck in a traffic jam at the intersection near Pondok Indah Mall in South Jakarta. She lost Rp 10 million (US$1,176.47).

Reggie, the mother of noted designer Oscar Lawalata, had left the car doors unlocked, which enabled an unidentified man to open one of the doors and snatch her bag.

Reggie said that she grabbed one of the straps of the bag but it broke.

The robber fled the scene on the back of a motorcycle ridden by an accomplice.

Reggie, a resident of the Bintaro residential area in Tangerang, was driving her BMW back to the boutique she owns when the incident occurred.

South Jakarta Police are investigating the case. -- JP