Military Police gambling ring causes riot

Military Police gambling ring causes riot

TANGERANG: About 200 angry gamblers attacked and destroyed
Sgt. Maj. Jupri's house on Jl. Jati, Jatiuwung, Tangerang, on
Tuesday night after the Military Police officer failed to pay off
the winners in an illegal numbers racket that the Army personnel
runs.

Jupri, who operates the informal neighborhood lottery in his
spare time, failed to pay the prize money on time to the winners
who bet on number 7,440 on Sunday night. Claiming to be out of
cash, Jupri promised the winners he would pay them on Monday
evening.

However, he did not pay on Monday as promised, so the mob of
gamblers attacked and destroyed the police officer's house on
Tuesday night.

"The gamblers also filed complaints with the police," said the
Jatiuwung subprecinct police chief Insp. Aswin Sepayung
Wednesday.

Jupri was later escorted to the Military Police headquarters
in South Jakarta, to get his side of the story and to protect him
from the gamblers' wrath. -- JP