Drunken Navy men mobbed

Drunken Navy men mobbed

JAKARTA (JP): Three Navy personnel were mobbed by several
pedicab and motorcycle taxi drivers at the Tanjung Priok bus
station, North Jakarta, on Saturday morning after the three got
drunk and ran amok, a police report said.

One of the military personnel, identified as Second Pvt.
Ateng, 24, suffered from serious wounds to the head and face and
was admitted to the Koja hospital, the report said.

The other two, Second Pvt. Yosnia Yong, 25, and Second Pvt.
Bahtiar, 24, who is also a member of the elite presidential
guard, suffered slight injuries.

Several motorcycle-taxi drivers told The Jakarta Post at the
bus station that the three had been shouting and banging on the
street kiosks at about 2:30 a.m., which drew the drivers'
attention.

A motorcycle taxi driver, who refused to be named, said, "They
looked drunk and challenged us to fight them."

"My friends then got angry and beat them up," the driver said,
adding that they stopped beating up the military personnel and
left the scene before the arrival of several police officers.

Separately, in Bekasi, a report said that a police officer was
beaten up by a group of men at the Bekasi bus station on Friday
morning after previously engaging in a heated argument in a cafe
in East Bekasi.

The report said that the officer, Sgt. Maj. Robinhod Manulang,
from the East Bekasi subprecinct, was just about to leave the
Lababan cafe at 2:40 a.m. when he had a quarrel with a group of
unidentified men.

"The officer left the scene and went to the bus station but
the men followed him and then beat him up," the report said.

Robinhod suffered injuries to the head and had to be admitted
to the East Bekasi hospital. (jaw)