Police arrest real suspects, not 'kolor hijau' in Bekasi attacks

Police arrest real suspects, not 'kolor hijau' in Bekasi attacks

Evi Mariani and Marilin, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Depok

Jakarta Police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Mathius Salempang
said on Tuesday police had arrested two suspects in a separate
rape and robbery that took place in November in Bekasi, which led
to rumors of the kolor hijau (green underwear) creature.

"The real suspects are currently standing trial at the Bekasi
District Court," he said.

The police announced on Monday that the kolor hijau creature
-- believed to be half-man, half-pig -- did not exist.

"We deployed officers to the scenes of the crimes when the
rumors began in Bekasi in November," Salempang said.

"Residents said the kolor hijau was responsible for the rape
on Nov. 16, and four days earlier there had been a theft in
another village in Bekasi.

"I don't know how this creature became the talk of the town,
but our officers gathered information that indicate the rumors of
the kolor hijau began after this robbery," he said.

City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo said he was
disappointed with the inaccurate reporting of a local daily,
which wrote that a woman had been raped by the kolor hijau
creature in Depok on Sunday evening.

During a visit to Depok, Prasetyo said no rape occurred and
that the woman who claimed to have been raped had a history of
mental problems.

He said the woman told officers she had been possessed by a
hairy, pig-faced, green creature since childhood.

"A doctor examined her and found razor cuts on her body. This
indicates she suffers from depression, perhaps because of
financial problems," Prasetyo said, adding that the woman's
husband was unemployed.