Police identify cab used in robbery of Korean

Police identify cab used in robbery of Korean

Abdul Khalik
The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

After questioning several witnesses, the Jakarta Police said on
Tuesday that they had identified the color and logo of the cab
used in the robbery of South Korean national Nam Ho In, 40, on
Saturday.

City police spokesman Sr. Comr. I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana said
that both the victim and witnesses living around the house rented
by the robbers had given the same color and logo.

"We can't reveal the taxi operator as we must gather
sufficient evidence first. However, we are sure that the taxi's
color is blue. We are now verifying the facts with the
operators," he said.

The taxis of at least five companies are blue.

Nam, an employee of Asiana Airlines, was found early Saturday
lying in bushes in Kampung Curug, Depok, West Java, by some
passersby.

He was taken to the Bhakti Yudha hospital in Depok suffering
from a broken leg and severe head injuries. He was later
transferred to the MMC hospital in South Jakarta and then the
Cempaka Putih hospital in East Jakarta for further treatment.

Ketut said the victim confirmed that the three men, including
the driver, had assaulted and robbed him on his way from a
discotheque in Blok M to his apartment in Tangerang on Friday
evening.

Nam said that the robbers had taken him to a rented house not
far from the place where he had been found.

"The robbers held him there for several hours and continuously
assaulted him before dumping him in the bushes nearby.
Unfortunately, the owner of the rented house didn't get the
robbers' identity cards or names," Ketut said.

He said that the robbers made off with Rp 9.5 million plus
Nam's cellular phone and watch.

This is the 15th robbery incident this year, with the police
solving only one case so far.

"We have deployed a special team comprising 90 detectives to
investigate the unsolved cases. We hope that by deploying more
police personnel, we can get to the bottom of these them," Ketut
said.