Newspaper boys prone to street crimes

Newspaper boys prone to street crimes

JAKARTA: A number of newspaper agents said that newspaper
delivery boys were prone to street crimes as during the last six
months there had been 19 cases of motorcycle theft and robbery.

Nine of the cases happened in the Cikokol distribution area,
two in Bekasi, five in the Fatmawati area of South Jakarta and
three on Jl. Gajah Mada in Central Jakarta.

Most of the victims suffered severe injuries as a result of
the criminal attacks, but no lives had been lost thus far,
circulation officer Sugeng Hari Santoso said on Thursday during a
discussion on how newspaper delivery boys could anticipate
attacks.

City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said that
such attacks were unavoidable and were in line with an overall
rise in street crime. --JP