One arrested hotel shooting

One arrested hotel shooting

BATAM, Riau: Batam Police have detained a man on Thursday
believed to be involved in a shooting at a hotel on Batam island.

Batam Police chief Supt. Bachrul Effendi told reporters that
the detainee was identified only as Bus, while two other people
identified only as Dar and Hel were still at large.

The commotion at the Pelangi Hotel started when Bus and Dar,
security officers at the Batam authority, along with Hel and Lis
tried to extort Rp 15 million from an Chinese-Indonesian named
Amin on Monday, Supt. Bachrul said, denying that the case was
related to narcotics.

"Amin only brought Rp 5 million with him, promising to hand
over Rp 10 million the following day," he said. "However, Amin
reported his trouble to a member of Police's Mobile Brigade Sgt.
Tatang, who was claimed to be his good friend."

Tatang and three other companions waited at the hotel until
Lis, accompanied by Second Pvt. Bambang Sutopo and Jr. Chief Pvt.
Tohir, both reportedly soldiers, arrived to ask Amin for the Rp
10 million.

A heated argument between Tatang's group and the soldiers
ended when Tatang shot Sutopo. Tohir ran to a nearby money
changer where a friend of his was guarding the office. Tohir took
an M-16 rifle from his friend and returned to the hotel to shoot
Tatang.

Reports indicate that Tatang was shot in the leg. The extent
of his injuries was not reported.

Batam Military District chief Lt. Col. Yul Aviandi said that
the military police would tackle the shooting, while the
extortion would be handled by the police. (26/sur)