Crime rate still rising despite police efforts
Crime rate still rising despite police efforts
JAKARTA (JP): The increased police surveillance in search of
businessman Eddy Tansil, who escaped from the Cipinang prison in
East Jakarta in early May, has apparently not deterred the city's
villains from committing crime.
According to police data made available to The Jakarta Post
yesterday, the number of reported cases of serious crime in May
did not drop significantly compared to April's figures.
The theft of motorcycles was still the most popular crime in
May, followed by robbery with violence which caused death or
serious injury, armed robbery and car theft.
Car theft broke a record in May with 124 reported cases,
compared to the previous record of 93 cases set in January.
In May, at least nine motorcycles and four cars were reported
missing each day in Greater Jakarta.
The data reveals that at least seven cases of robbery
involving violence and four cases of armed robbery were reported
each day.
Many thought that the escape of Tansil, 42, who was sentenced
in 1994 to spend 20 years in jail for defrauding the state-owned
Bank Pembangunan Indonesia (Bapindo) of Rp 1.3 trillion (US$620
million), would reduce the number of crimes in the city because
all security personnel, including neighborhood leaders, had been
ordered to track him down.
According to May's figures, there were 879 reports of the 11
top crimes, slightly down from the 906 cases reported the
previous month.
Of the 879 cases reported, the police have solved 409 or 46.50
percent of them. In April, police solved 437 cases or about 48
percent of the 906 cases reported.
Although the June data is not yet available, police sources
say that the figures should be similar to the two previous
months.
In an attempt to help reduce crime in the city, the police
have asked the public to secure their respective areas and
property and report any crime. Crime should be reported as soon
as possible by telephoning the police hotline, by dialing 110.
"The active role of the public is a precious part of our
effort to fight crime in this capital," said City Police
spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna. (bsr)