Hoodlums attack police officer

Hoodlums attack police officer

JAKARTA (JP): City Police detectives arrested two men in the
Slipi traffic light area in West Jakarta on Monday night for an
attack on a police officer, the possession of a sword and
extortion.

The police detective chief of violent crimes (Jatanras) Comr.
Tagam Sinaga identified the suspects as Taryono and Hendrikus.
Both of them are known as notorious hoodlums who have extorted
money from drivers of public minivans which have stopped at the
traffic lights.

Tagam said one of the hoodlums attacked Chief. Brig. Martua
Gadjah with a sword after the officer warned him not to brandish
the weapon in public. Martua suffered a cut on the right side of
his head, but Tagam said it was not deep.

Martua and his colleague Chief. Brig. Effendi Aritonang were
dining at a Padang restaurant near the Slipi junction at about
8:30 p.m. when they saw the two men brandishing a sword and
demanding money from public minivan drivers.

Tagam said Martua screamed for help when he was attacked.

"Angry residents of Slipi immediately surrounded the two
suspects, caught them and handed them over to the police
officers," Tagam said.

Martua was admitted to the Kramat Jati police hospital in East
Jakarta. (ylt)