Bogus journalist nabbed for theft

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