Police begin extradition of American wanted in RP
Police begin extradition of American wanted in RP
JAKARTA (JP): National Police are now working on extradition
papers for 54-year-old Dennis Austin Standefer, recently arrested
for overstaying his visa here and wanted by Interpol in Manila
for fraud and rape charges, a police source said on Tuesday.
"His papers are being processed. He will be extradited as soon
as the papers are ready," the source said.
An officer from Interpol's National Central Bureau, who spoke
on condition of anonymity, said Manila's Interpol wanted him
mainly for fraud and rape of a 16-year-old girl.
"Interpol in Manila have said that Standefer had fooled people
over the Internet, by promising to sell them precious artifacts
he had discovered from treasure hunts. Standefer was said to have
received money for it," the officer said.
"We are only charging Standefer with violation of Indonesia's
immigration law. Once the extradition papers are ready, Standefer
would be extradited to Manila, for his alleged crimes there."
Should Standefer not be extradited he faces a maximum
imprisonment of five years or a maximum fine of Rp 25 million
(US$3,380) for breaching Indonesia's immigration law. He had
overstayed his immigration permit by at least 10 months.
Accompanied by a representative of the U.S. Embassy here,
Standefer, who appeared casual in shorts and a blue T-shirt,
looked calm on Tuesday.
"I will tell you the whole story. I have been trapped here,"
Standefer told The Jakarta Post, before being escorted by Interpol
officers here to his detention cell at the National Police
headquarters.
On his way to the cell, Standefer and the escorting Interpol
officers were shocked by a man who, with a video camera in hand,
was filming Standefer's walk to the detention cell.
"Dennis, tell them what you did to little girls. Tell them
about D.D., Dennis," said the man, who later introduced himself
as Karl Steven Ryll, a teacher at Valle Lindo High School at El
Monte, California.
Angered, Standefer pointed at Ryll, saying: "this is the
man... I reported him to the FBI (Federal Bureau of
Investigation) for date-rape with (the use of) drugs. That's why
he's after me."
"I am dead because of you Karl, I am dead because of you."
Meanwhile, Ryll said that for whatever Standefer had done to
him, he would like to see Standefer, "live a very long life in
prison before he dies."
Ryll said that among other things, Standefer had anonymously
written a vicious letter against Ryll to the head of Valle Lindo
High, that Ryll used drugs on his dates, before raping them.
"I have followed Dennis ever since," he said. (ylt)