'Ojek' driver robbed

JAKARTA: Sarifudin, 30, an motorcycle taxi, or ojek, driver, was attacked by his passenger, who then stole his motorcycle, on Sunday at 11 p.m. at the Navy Housing Complex on Jl. Laut Arafura, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta.

The robber pretended to be a passenger and asked Sarifudin to take him from Kampung Kemang, Jatiwaringin, Bekasi, to the housing complex.

When they got to the complex, the robber attacked Sarifudin with a machete and hit him in the head. Sarifudin fell from his motorcycle with plate number B 4765 GZ, and when he tried to stand up, the robber beat him again.

Sarifudin, who suffered minor injuries, reported the incident to Duren Sawit Police.

Police recovered the machete at the scene of the crime and are searching for the culprit. -- JP