Men arrested for unpaid hotel bills

Men arrested for unpaid hotel bills

JAKARTA (JP): The police have arrested four men for allegedly
not paying their bills totaling over Rp 1 billion at a five-star
hotel, after staying there for nearly a month.

City Police chief of detectives, Sr. Comr. A. Rochana, said on
Monday that his personnel had arrested the men on Sunday. They
had been staying at the Aston Hotel, on Jl. Sudirman in South
Jakarta, since March 31 this year.

"They booked over 30 rooms at the hotel, for a foundation
gathering or something like that," Rochana told reporters.

"The terrible part was that these four men allegedly refused
to pay their hotel bills subsequently... they even reportedly
issued bad checks and made promises to pay the bills by selling
their Mercedes-Benz cars, but nothing materialized."

Rochana said that hotel staff, finally frustrated by the
behavior of the four men, called the police to have them
arrested.

The police are also investigating a fraud case involving a
former woman army officer, whose last rank was that of chief
sergeant and who is now in her 40s. The suspect allegedly duped a
number of businessman into investing up to Rp 2 billion in a fuel
trade business she claimed to have started recently.

"She got the money, and reportedly ran off. Police caught her,
and we are still investigating the case," Rochana said, without
elaborating. (ylt)