Alleged robbers of Tutut's home shot dead
Alleged robbers of Tutut's home shot dead
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Police shot dead two men, one of whom was a soldier, on
Thursday morning who were allegedly part of an armed gang that
robbed the residence of Siti "Tutut" Hardijanti Rukmana in April
2002.
Tutut is the eldest daughter of former president Soeharto.
South Jakarta Police detectives' chief Comr. Kusdiyantoro
claimed the two were killed in a shootout on Jl. Pangeran
Antasari, South Jakarta.
"They might have realized that our detectives were coming to
arrest them," he told reporters.
The men were identified as Dadang Saputro, alias Edi Londo,
36, a resident of Batu Ampar, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, and
Chief Pvt. Yudi Winanto, a resident of Jl. Lubang Buaya, East
Jakarta.
Dadang was shot three times in the back, while Yudi was shot
four times, also in the back. They died instantly at the scene.
The police recovered an FN 46 pistol, a revolver and six live
bullets from the dead men.
The arrest attempt, Kusdiantoro said, was based on a tipoff
from another gang member, Wawan, 28, who was arrested on Dec. 30.
Police are still quizzing Wawan at the South Jakarta police
station.
Wawan told the investigators that the gang, which has five
members, was behind a number of armed robberies in the city over
the past several years, including the robbery on Tutut's
residence at Jl. Yusuf Adiwinata, Menteng, Central Jakarta, in
April 2002.
From Tutut's residence, they managed to get away with Rp 260
million (US$30,588) in cash. In a single robbery in Penjaringan,
North Jakarta, they got away with Rp 100 million, and another Rp
90 million from a house in Cinere, South Jakarta. In a robbery in
Tebet, South Jakarta, they got away with Rp 30 million.
The police are still hunting for the other two group members.
According to Kusdiantoro, who is the son-in-law of National
Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar, the police had long been hunting
the gang.
"The gang usually uses firearms and sharp weapons, and they
don't hesitate to injure or even kill their victims. Most of
their victims are bank customers," he said.
In the robberies in Tebet and Cinere, the robbers wounded
their victims so severely that they later died.