Maid steals Rp 150 million

JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Abubakar Nataprawira said yesterday that the maid who was reported to have stolen a sum of money and jewelry worth a total of Rp 150 million (US$64,516) from her employer is still at large.

Abubakar said that the officers are still tracing Suminah after her employer, Minah, of Jl. Gunung Sahari, reported to the police that she had left on Sunday evening with money and jewelry.

Minah said she went out on Sunday morning leaving the housemaid alone. When she returned home in the evening she found the house empty and her bedroom door open.

The jewelry and a sum of money kept in a wardrobe were missing, she told the investigators.

Minah told the police that she got the maid from an agent, Asih, two months ago.

Asih was released yesterday after a night in police custody. Abubakar said Asih's involvement in the theft was still being investigated. (jun)