Banker's son arrested for abduction

Banker's son arrested for abduction

JAKARTA: Andre Paul Neloe, son of Bank Mandiri president
director ECW Neloe, was arrested by police on Tuesday night for
allegedly kidnapping two teenage sisters and keeping them for
five days over a Rp 25 million loan dispute.

Police from Setia Budi precinct arrested Andre, at the JW
Marriott Hotel in Kuningan, South Jakarta, where he had kept
Tasya Nurmedina, 17, and Zaskia Adia Mecca, 15.

The precinct chief, Comr. Kusdiantoro, said that Andre could
be charged with abduction and may face a maximum 12-year prison
term if found guilty.

He said that Andre kidnapped the two sisters because their
mother, Rofida, owed him Rp 25 million and had failed to repay
the debt in due time.

Tasya told the police that Zaskia received an offer from a
man, who said his name was Ivan, to become a presenter at TransTV
and was told to meet him at the Hilton Hotel on Friday at 1:30
p.m. It turned out, however, that the offer was false.

Andre later arrived and at 1 a.m. on Saturday, the sisters
were taken to Santika Hotel, and then to the JW Marriott Hotel.

Andre's lawyer, Chris Butar-Butar, denied that his client had
kidnapped the girls, as he treated them nicely and allowed
several of their friends to accompany them in the hotel room,
detik.com reported.

Butar-Butar showed reporters a letter signed by Rofida's
lawyer Abu Bakar J. Lamatapo saying that Rofida agreed to
"entrust" her family to the creditor, PT Globalindo Nusantara
Mandiri, prior to the settlement of the Rp 25 million debt.

Andre is believed to be one of the shareholders of PT
Globalindo.--JP