Five wanted for abduction

Five wanted for abduction

JAKARTA(JP): The North Jakarta Police are seeking five men for
their alleged roles in the kidnapping of Bill Dharmawan, brother
of the owner of the country's largest retail chain, PT Matahari
Putra Prima, an officer said on Monday.

"We identified them after we obtained their descriptions from
the victim and also as a result of our preliminary
investigations," North Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Andi
Chaeruddin said.

The younger brother of Hari Dharmawan, Bill, was reported to
have been kidnapped last Saturday at a shopping mall in North
Jakarta. A ransom of Rp 7 billion was also reportedly demanded.
On Thursday, Bill was released although it still remains unclear
whether the kidnappers were paid any money.

"That's why we are still continuing to probe the case because
as far as I know the family has not yet paid any ransom," Andi
explained.

Andi said police had reached the preliminary conclusion that
the motive behind the abduction was financial as the kidnappers
had demanded a ransom.

Andi said he did not want to speculate that the kidnappers
could have been people close to the victim or his wealthy elder
brother. (emf)