Police arrest Metromini driver

Police arrest Metromini driver

JAKARTA (JP): East Jakarta Police have arrested a man who they claim is the Metro Mini bus driver who ran over a man, named Iwan, and then dumped his dead body in a swamp in the Cakung area in East Jakarta.

The suspect, Mukalim, was arrested on Sunday at the residence of a relative in East Jakarta. The police are now trying to arrest the bus conductor, allegedly named Chairul Anam, who is still at large.

The bus ran over Iwan on Jl. Cakung-Cilincing, in East Jakarta. The tragedy reportedly caused the bus' passengers to become hysterical.

Witnesses say that the bus driver pretended to check Iwan's condition and ordered all of the passengers to get off the bus, saying he wanted to take Iwan to a hospital as quickly as possible.

Police say that he later dumped the body, after ascertaining that Iwan had died.

The Suara Pembaruan daily reported yesterday that one of the passengers had informed the Cakung police about the accident.

Iwan's body was found by local people three days prior to Mukalim's arrest. (mas)