Children steal IMF mirrors

Children steal IMF mirrors

JAKARTA: International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative for
Indonesia David Nellor had a pair of side-view mirrors from his
Mercedes Benz E 240 stolen at the traffic circle on Jl.
Sisingamangaraja in South Jakarta at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Nellors' driver Imam filed a report with police who managed to
arrest the three suspected thieves -- all elementary school
students.

"We arrested the suspects on Thursday at Ratu Plaza compound
on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Central Jakarta, near the crime scene,"
Adj. Sr. Comr. Supratiwi, head of Jakarta Police criminal
investigation section responsible for teenagers, children and
women, said Friday.

The children, who cannot be named due to their age, told
police an adult thug from Ratu Plaza had ordered them to steal
the mirrors.

"When our detectives took them to Ratu Plaza to identify the
thug, they refused. They said that the thug had threatened to
kill them if they named him to the police," Supratiwi said.

She said the three residents of Cakung, East Jakarta, were
released because of their age.

"We are still hunting the thug though," she said.

Stealing mirrors from luxury cars is rampant in many
intersections in the capital. A pair of the Mercedes-Benz E 240
side-view mirrors is worth Rp 2.8 million (US$330).

Nellor got his back. -- JP