Police chief pledges good jobs
JAKARTA (JP): National Police Chief Gen. Banurusman Astrosemitro pledged yesterday to continue the intensive investigation on unsolved cases.
"It's absolutely correct that police still have lots of homework to do, but we never intend to just do nothing, nor to close any of the cases," the four-star general told reporters after receiving 27 model drivers of public transit vehicles at his office yesterday.
Banurusman said the police are working hard to solve the cases as soon as possible.
"We pledge to keep on hunting all the suspects to settle the debt that we owe," he said.
Among unsolved crimes in the city over the past three years are the killing of 23-year-old servant Djasman in September, 1993, the brutal murder of six members of the Hutagalung family in Bekasi and the mysterious death of a young businessman at the residence of actress Ria Irawan in January last year, and the murder of the six-year-old Levina Dwisy, who was found dead near her bicycle in Ancol dreamland in North Jakarta in March last year.
Others include the investigation of the ring leader in the killing of entertainment businessman Nyo Beng Seng, who was brutally stabbed in April last year in North Jakarta, the killing of prominent ex-con, Johny Sembiring, who was also a noted figure in the city's debt collector circles, in August last year, the mysterious death of Themanto, 19, a new recruit of the student regiment at the privately-owned Tarumanegara University, early this year in West Jakarta and the killing of a physician whose body was found in a bathroom at the Hero Green Garden supermarket in Kedoya, West Jakarta, on May 26 this year.
All were headline stories in most local newspapers.
"All of the cases, including the case of Marsinah, for instance, have not been closed yet," Banurusman reiterated.
Early this month, the City Police received a rare award from President Soeharto for their recent success in identifying and apprehending the suspects in the Bekasi gang rape. (bsr)