Official slashed over parking argument

Official slashed over parking argument

JAKARTA (JP): Two suspected hoodlums were arrested in Menteng,
Central Jakarta, by police on Wednesday afternoon, for allegedly
slashing a city official who banned them from managing street
parking.

Yoga, 25 and Iwan, 30, were arrested in their rented house
near Blora Market in Central Jakarta along with the evidence, a
blood-stained sword.

Menteng Police chief Comr. Eky H.F said that the victim, Edi
Manurung, 52, was head of the city parking management. He
received several slash wounds to his body and was being treated
in Cipto Mangunkusumo Public Hospital.

Eky said that Edi was supervising his aides, who were
arranging the parking on Jl. Blora on Tuesday evening, when 10
hoodlums approached him, demanding the right to manage the
parking on that road.

"As Edi refused, they had an argument. Later on, two of the
thugs slashed him with a sword," he told reporters.

The police are still searching for the other suspects. (04)