American citizen complains of extortion

American citizen complains of extortion

JAKARTA: American citizen Brian McCaen has lodged a complaint
against a number of officers from the Kemayoran Police, Central
Jakarta, whom he said entered his house without a warrant.

"They came twice, rudely banging on the door and entered
my home. They harassed my wife when I was not at home, without
any warrant nor any reason for being there. They asked me to come
to the police station and demanded money, saying that we should
pay it if we didn't want anything bad to happen," McCaen told The
Jakarta Post after visiting the station with his Indonesian wife,
Susi Hartini, on Tuesday.

"I called the American Embassy yesterday to report the
problem. And the embassy called the station. Everything has been
settled and suddenly they have become very nice," he said.

The police, however, denied that the McCaens had reported
anything untoward.

"The wife said they came here to report that the American was
staying at her house. They didn't mention anything about an
incident," First Insp. Haryanto told the Post. -- JP