Dead robber identified

Dead robber identified

JAKARTA (JP): Officials at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital's morgue have identified the body of an alleged robber
on Wednesday who was hit by a passing car on the Jagorawi
tollroad on Monday evening after escaping from police.

The deceased was 21-year-old Sondang Panjaitan, a resident of
Jl Merdeka II in Ciracas subdistrict, East Jakarta.

Chief of the Jagorawi highway police patrol First Insp. Dommy
Pahneal said Sondang and his four colleagues got into a public
minivan serving the Kranggan-Kampung Rambutan route at the
Cibubur traffic circle on Monday evening.

"But, some 500 meters before the minivan reached the Cibubur
toll gate, the five men held up the passengers with knives and
managed to rob them of cash and valuables," he said.

Dommy said two patrolling police officers were suspicious
after seeing the passengers, who looked scared, and ordered the
driver, Ramlan Efendi, to stop.

"Ramlan sped up. We managed to arrest him, but lost the five
men, including Sondang," he said.

Police took a knife from Sondang's body, who was found dead
near the tollroad.

Sondang's mother Marsaulina BR Pasaribu, a coffee vendor at
the Kampung Rambutan bus terminal said Sondang had left home two
months ago and that she did not know her son was hit by a car
after robbing minivan passengers.

Sondang's body was buried at the Pondok Rangon cemetery in
East Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon. (01)