Police hunting perpetrators of drive-by shooting

Police hunting perpetrators of drive-by shooting

JAKARTA (JP): Having questioned at least 20 witnesses, police
said on Monday that they were still in the dark about the
perpetrators of Friday's drive-by shooting in South Jakarta,
which injured a close ally of former president Abdurrahman Wahid.

Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Sofjan Yacoeb said police had
not yet identified the shooters but "were still working on
identifying the car used in the crime."

"We don't want to speculate about the perpetrators," Sofjan
told reporters when pressed further whether police suspected the
involvement of certain military elements in the crime.

Sources close to the investigation said that South Jakarta
Police detectives had identified the car owner who was said to be
hiding in Central Java.

"We are directing our investigation there (to Central Java) as
he (the car owner) will be an important lead for us," one of the
sources said.

In the drive-by shooting which occurred on Jl. Buncit Raya,
South Jakarta late Friday, three people were injured, including a
suspended executive of Ansor, the youth wing of the country's
largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama.

A dark red KIA sporty was said to stop abruptly in front of
the victims' car and the passengers opened fire, using what was
thought to be automatic rifles.

The former Ansor deputy treasurer, Aris Junaidi who was known
to be a close ally of former president Abdurrahman Wahid, was
shot in the left shoulder. (emf)