Goods stolen from Saudi

JAKARTA (JP): A next-door neighbor stole goods from a Saudi Arabian man in a hotel on Jl. Raden Saleh, Central Jakarta, yesterday when the victim was sleeping with a woman.

A police sergeant at the Central Jakarta Police precinct said Paih al-Farath was sleeping with a local woman, identified as Zubaedah, when the thief entered the room at the Harko Hotel and grabbed al-Farath's pants containing a wallet.

"The victim suddenly woke up and recognized the thief who was from the room next to his," he said.

The thief escaped with his pants and wallet, which contained some cash and credit cards, after al-Farath shouted for help, he said.

Police, who arrived on the scene, found a screwdriver and an empty bag in the room next to al-Farath's, he said.

"I think the thief planned the theft," he said.

He said it was believed that al-Farath forgot to lock his room when he came back around 4 a.m after going with Zubaedah to the Tiga Kuda Discotheque in Cikini, Central Jakarta.

Al-Farath was on vacation, the sergeant said. "He often visits here." (jun)