Bogus journalist nabbed for theft
JAKARTA: A suspected thief posing as a journalist was arrested by police on Sunday after being caught red-handed trying to steal a motorcycle belonging to Amin, an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver at Tanjung Priok bus terminal.
The suspect, Rustam Amir, was trying to turn on the ignition of a motorcycle parked near the terminal with his skeleton key when Amin and some other ojek drivers caught him.
Rustam was then turned over to the Tanjung Priok Police subprecinct.
Rustam first told police investigators he was a journalist. He showed his press card stating that he was a journalist with Pembaharu magazine.
He admitted later, however, that he was not a journalist and that he had ordered the press ID card from a man, named Sam, for Rp 50,000 (US$5.9).
"I haven't written any stories yet," he was quoted as saying by SCTV.
When asked, the resident of Plumpang Dua, Rawa Badak, North Jakarta, said that he was not trying to steal the motorcycle.
"I just wanted to match my key with the motorcycle because mine was lost several months ago," he claimed. --JP
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Water level in city still normal
JAKARTA: Water at the city's sluice gates remained at safe levels on Sunday despite the heavy rain that has started to fall in Jakarta and the upstream areas of Bogor, Depok and Cianjur in West Java.
Mimpri Mashuri, a sluice gatekeeper at Manggarai, South Jakarta, said the water level stood at 680 centimeters, far below the normal level of 800 centimeters.
He said the level in Manggarai depended on the level of the Ciliwung river flowing from Depok.
Depok sluice gatekeeper Marsan said that as of Sunday morning, the stream stood at 105 centimeters.
"It is still normal," he said, adding that Jakarta would be flooded if the water level in the sluice gates reached 200 centimeters.
In the worst flood in February 2001, the water level at the Depok sluice gate reached 310 centimeters. In Manggarai it reached 10,050 centimeters. -- Antara