Man reports car robbery

Man reports car robbery

JAKARTA (JP): A man reported on Friday the robbery of a rented
1995 model silver Mercedes Benz to the city police headquarters,
and that he had allegedly been drugged by the thieves.

A city police detective identified the man who lodged the
complaint as Subur, 36, a resident of Bali Matraman in Manggarai
Selatan, South Jakarta.

"Subur named a lawyer, Syamsuddin Abdullah, as one of the
witnesses. The Mercedes Benz -- registration number B-6-F --
actually belongs to him," the detective, who requested anonymity,
said.

The detective said that on May 29, Syamsuddin's daughter,
lawyer Maya Ratnasari, rented the car to a man identified only as
Cy.

"We don't know where this Cy is, but we plan to bring him in
soon for questioning. Cy then rented the car, and Subur, who
claims to be Cy's driver, to a man identified only as Yananto,"
he said.

Yananto and an as yet unidentified friend got Subur to drive
the Mercedes Benz to several places on May 29, until about 9
p.m., when they ended up at the Patra Jasa karaoke bar in South
Jakarta.

"There I was forced by Yananto to drink a black-colored beer,
and I drank it .. after that I didn't know what happened. I fell
unconscious," Subur said.

"When I awoke, the car was gone. Based on this, I have come to
the city police." (ylt)