French national robbed

A French woman, in her 30s, has reported the theft of her bag containing important cards, addresses and papers to the South Jakarta police precinct.

She said over the weekend she was robbed by an unidentified man riding on a motorcycle at the Grand Wijaya Center.

The foreigner, who could speak Malay, told The Jakarta Post at the police precinct that the incident took place just after she parked her car to have lunch with an American friend at a restaurant in the business and shopping center.

"I don't care about the money inside the bag, but I need the cards and the documents," said the victim, who refused to be named.

She suffered a heavy scratch to her arm trying to prevent the thief from getting away with her bag.

"Everything went so fast we couldn't identify anything about the man and his motorcycle," her 47-year-old friend, Phyllis Copp, a tourist, said.

"I hope that the police can find her property immediately so I can inform my friends in the United States about the good work of the Indonesian police," Copp said. (bsr)