Police arrest two swindlers

BANYUMAS, Central Java: Police arrested two men on charges of embezzling hundreds of millions of rupiah from job seekers, to whom they had promised well-paid jobs in neighboring Malaysia.

The suspects, Suyono, 50, and Abraham Budi, 45, claim they are directors of a labor supply firm and had asked each job seeker to pay Rp 350,000 (US$156) for the arrangement of travel documents.

Chief of the Banyumas police precinct, Lt. Col. Soenaryo, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that so far 93 people who claimed to have fallen victim to the pair have come forward.

But the police believe that Suyono and Budi have swindled hundreds of job seekers, he said.

The authorities also seized three cars which, they said, the suspects used to look for their victims. (wah)