Man arrested for kidnapping

Man arrested for kidnapping

JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a man Monday for kidnapping his
former employer's five-year-old son on Jl. Raden Inten, in Duren
Sawit, East Jakarta.

City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday
Rohim, 22, and a suspected accomplice, identified only as Ags,
kidnapped the five-year-old boy, who was playing with a kite near
his house at around 3 p.m. The boy's name was only revealed as
Pu.

An hour later, Ags phoned the victim's mother and demanded Rp
25 million (US$10,416) in ransom, Aritonang said.

"The suspects threatened to kill the boy if Es (the mother)
reported to police," he said.

He said the suspects asked Es to bring the money to a parking
lot at the Ramayana department store in Pondok Gede, Bekasi.

But the businesswoman, who owned a store, reported to the
police, he said. The suspect was believed to have harbored a
grudge because he had been fired by Es.

Aritonang said Es, who was followed by police officers,
brought the money to the parking lot.

He said Ags approached Es' car and asked the mother to show
the money which was packed in a newspaper.

Police officers then followed Ags behind Ramayana and saw
Rohim and the boy.

Rohim, who tried to escape, was shot twice in the legs while
Ags escaped, Aritonang said. Rohim was then treated at East
Jakarta's Kramatjati Police Hospital. (jun)