More state killing needed

More state killing needed

From Pelita

Every time I take a Metro Mini bus, I am overwhelmed with worry because I have often read that Metro Mini bus passengers are often robbed at knife-point.

On Aug. 22, I took the Metro Mini 66 from Manggarai to Blok M, and saw firsthand what I had been reading about in the papers.

When the bus got to the Jl. Gatot Subroto crossroad, three young men with mean-looking faces got on the bus. Their arms showed the track marks of years of drug use.

Two of them entered from the front and the other one from the rear. With booming voices, they forced the passengers to give them from between Rp 2,000 and Rp 5,000, saying, "Give us the money and you won't get hurt."

Intimidated, nearly all of the passengers complied. Then, in a flash, the three of them got off the bus.

In view of this incident, allow me to call on all the police to take tough action against thugs. If possible, mysterious shooters must be assigned to eliminate them.

ARTUR TG

Jakarta