Daylight robbery on Jl. Sudirman

Daylight robbery on Jl. Sudirman

JAKARTA (JP): Five muggers grabbed cash worth US$5,000 and Rp
1.8 million from businessman Syech Syarief Hidayat in a robbery
under the flyover in front of the Bank Danamon building on Jl.
Sudirman in Central Jakarta on Thursday.

Hidayat, who reported the incident to the police several hours
later, said the five muggeers also snatched his Nokia 5110
cellphone and a $3,800 Cartier wrist watch.

Hidayat, a former Jordanian national, said he was taking
shelter beneath the flyover due to a heavy downpour of rain in
the Jl. Sudirman area at 5.30 p.m.

"Suddenly, five people surrounded me, and one of them pulled
out a handgun and pointed it at my neck," said the 41-year old
businessman from Purwakarta, West Java.

Hidayat, who has been an Indonesia citizen for 15 years, said
people in the area, including a security guard at the Danamon
building and a number of street vendors, did nothing to stop the
mugging. (asa)