Crimes of the week: baby found in South Jakarta and Corridor 13 incident

Claiming to be a police officer, a man is suspected of hypnotising an ojek rider at SPBU Makasar, East Jakarta. A man who claimed to be from the Metro Jaya Police Narcotics Directorate is suspected of hypnotising and taking the motorbike belonging to an ojek pangkalan at SPBU 34.135.06 Makasar, East Jakarta. ‘Yes, the incident happened at the SPBU here. The suspect arrived at the gas station and claimed to be from the Metro Jaya Police Narcotics Directorate to take the victim’s motorbike,’ security guard Agus Sunarya (50) told reporters in East Jakarta on Monday.

A two-day-old girl found in nasi uduk cart in Pasar Minggu. A live two-day-old baby girl was found in a nasi uduk cart outside a resident’s house on Jalan Pejaten Raya RT 01/02, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, on Tuesday afternoon. ‘We have checked the location where a female baby, believed abandoned by an irresponsible person, was found,’ said Pasar Minggu Police Chief Kompol Anggiat Sinambela in a statement in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Funeral money theft in Kramat Jati has occurred three times. A woman suspected of stealing condolence money in the Kramat Jati area, East Jakarta, has carried out the same act in two other locations previously. ‘Yes, exactly the same as the two previous incidents,’ said AKP Fadoli, head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of Kramat Jati Police, when contacted in Jakarta, on Wednesday.

Corridor 13 incident: Police name TJ driver as suspect. The Metro Jaya Police Traffic Directorate has named a Transjakarta driver with initials Y as a suspect in a crash involving a Transjakarta bus operated BMP 263 and MYS 17100 on Corridor 13 (Puri Beta-Petukangan) on Swadarma Road towards Cipulir, South Jakarta, on Monday (23 February). ‘The investigation is ongoing; the driver has been named a suspect,’ said Kombes Pol Komarudin, Director of Traffic at Metro Jaya Police, in a statement in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Police identify vehicles performing stunts on toll road. The Metro Jaya Police Traffic Directorate has identified several cars that performed stunts by weaving in zigzags on a toll road. ‘We have identified them via CCTV, and we have data matching the registered number plates,’ said AKBP Reiki Indra Brata Manggala, head of the PJR unit of Ditlantas Polda Metro Jaya, in Jakarta on Friday.