Detective sued over car sale

Detective sued over car sale

JAKARTA (JP): A city resident lodged a complaint against a
city police detective on Friday over a fraudulent car transaction
in which she lost Rp 65 million (US$6,500).

A police source said Nancy Widjanarko, 56, a resident of Jl.
Raya Kayu Mas in Pulo Gadung, East Jakarta, had filed the
complaint against First. Insp. Manalu of the automobile theft
division of the city police detectives unit and his informants
Hikam, Ukem alias Dody and Supriyanto.

"She said that the men had made her pay Rp 65 million, for a
Nissan Terrano grey metallic jeep with registration number B 1708
HB, which was police evidence... it was a stolen car. Worse, they
took it back from her, after she paid the money."

According to the police report, Manalu and his friends offered
Nancy the car on Jan. 20 last year for Rp 65 million on condition
that she first made a down payment of Rp 40 million.

Separately, Manalu's superior, city police detectives chief
for automobile theft crimes, Comr. Atrial, told reporters on
Friday that he could not make any comments, except that "Nancy
herself is a dealer of hot cars." (ylt)