Cop named suspect in fatal shooting

Cop named suspect in fatal shooting

JAKARTA: The stray bullets which killed two girls and injured
the mother of one of the girls in the Taman Sari area of West
Jakarta on Monday, allegedly came from the pistol of First Brig.
Budi who was chasing alleged drug dealers.

"We've found residual powder in the pistol belonging to First
Brig. Budi. He also admitted that he had fired the bullets during
the incident," said Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo
on Wednesday.

Budi was the main suspect in the shooting, but police will
also take legal action against six other police personnel in the
team.

Budi can be charged as an ordinary civilian under Criminal
Code Article 359 on negligence which leads to other people's
death. The charge carries a maximum punishment of five years in
prison.

The six other policemen are First Insp. Heru Julianto, First
Brig. Mifil Rifadas, Brig. Aang Kaharudin, First Brig. Arman,
Chief Brig. Emirsyah, First Brig. Budi, and Second Insp. Ronny
Syahroni.

Stray bullets killed on Monday bystanders Ina Surtianah, 12,
and Eli, a three-and-a-half-year-old toddler and injured Eli's
mother Mela Taskina, 28. --JP.

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Council demands M1 alternative
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Council demands M1 alternative

TANGERANG: The Tangerang municipal council demanded that PT
Angkasa Pura, operator of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport,
seek an alternative security measure instead of closing the M1
airport gate.

The council's Commission D chairman, Waisulkorni Mufti, said
on Tuesday that the airport management should have prepared a
solution that would not disrupt the residents' daily routines.

He said many Tangerang residents who commute to Jakarta used
the airport tollway as a shortcut to their offices, but since
gate M1 was closed to the public on May 22, they must go through
Jl. Daan Mogot.

He said the council understood that the closure was part of
efforts to improve airport security following a bomb blast last
month, but the closure had resulted in increased traffic
congestion on Jl. Daan Mogot.

Separately, Indra Setiady, a resident of the Taman Kutabumi
housing complex in Pasar Kemis, said that he usually left home at
5 a.m. everyday to get to work, and by using the road through
gate M1 he usually arrived at his office by 7 a.m.

"But since the airport gate was closed, I have to go by Jl.
Daan Mogot and get to my office two hours late, at 9:00 a.m.," he
said. -- JP

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1,300 traffic violations in 10 spots
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1,300 traffic violations in 10 spots

JAKARTA: The police announced that at least 1,300 traffic
violations had occurred in 10 trouble spots across the city,
mostly committed by public transportation drivers, during a
special traffic operation since May 13.

City police Traffic Division chief Sr. Comr. Sulistyo Ishak
said 900 traffic violations had been committed by public
transportation drivers.

"The violations range from going through red lights to
disregarding traffic signs," said Sulistyo.

Sulistyo said some public transportation operators had been
fined, while others had been told to stop operating.

Sulistyo said an average of 18,000 traffic violations per
month were committed across the capital. --JP.