Include extortionists

Include extortionists

From Merdeka

The ongoing raids on hoodlums conducted by the Jakarta police should be extended to the thugs who extort students going to school and returning home.

These thugs are usually youngsters of school age. They operate in twos or threes and approach their victim with questions, like what school the victim belongs to.

If the unwitting victim should answer that he belongs to the wrong school, one not allied with the gang, they take his pocket money or even watch.

The extortion has moved into the city's buses.

If the authorities need proof, I suggest that undercover policemen ride the bus during school hours. I once traveled on a Miniarta minibus from Cisalak to Kampung Rambutan at 11:30 a.m. and saw two "students" getting on the bus at Palsigunung. They took money from a student and then got off before Cijantung.

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