Man shot for resisting arrest

Man shot for resisting arrest

JAKARTA (JP): Police shot and wounded a man when they went to
arrest him at a house in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Monday on
charges of buying stolen goods.

South Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Sisno Adiwinoto said
police shot the man, Tomy Sugiharto, in his right leg when he
resisted arrest. Two warning shots had been fired, he said.

The 43-year-old Tomy, of Jl. Warung Jengkol, in Cakung, East
Jakarta, was taken to Kramatjati Police Hospital.

Sisno said Tomy had had a pistol tucked into his belt when he
was arrested.

He said police had been looking for Tomy since Sunday when
they seized a Mitsubishi truck containing a Honda Astrea
motorcycle believed to be stolen.

They arrested Tomy after he returned from Jepara, in Central
Java, Sisno said.

Police later seized 10 telephones, a Kijang van and car
documents. They also confiscated electrical equipment, knives,
toy guns, tools -- which they said had been used to steal cars --
and 10 ID cards in Tomy's name.

A sergeant at the Pasar Minggu Police subprecinct said
officers were investigating whether Tomy had been involved in
producing fake mobile phone identification cards. (jun)