Bookkeeper robbed outside bank

JAKARTA: A bookkeeper of PT Tempo Sentra Manajemen, Novianti, 26, was robbed on Wednesday morning in front of a Bank Central Asia branch near the Taman Palem housing complex in Cengkareng.

The robbers made away with Rp 78.9 million (US$8,576), which Novianti was to deposit into the company account.

Novianti and the company driver, Ade Supriatna, 39, accompanied by the company's security guard Agus Salim, 33, had just arrived at the bank when a man approached and shot at Agus in the backseat.

The bullet missed Agus and hit the spare tire in the back of the car.

Unaware of what had happened, Novianti got out of the car and began walking toward the bank, when the armed robber stopped her and grabbed the money bag. The robber ran to an accomplice waiting on a motorcycle and the two fled.

The police were investigating the case. -- JP