Police look for more witnesses, evidence to charge Yorrys
Police look for more witnesses, evidence to charge Yorrys
JAKARTA (JP): The City Police are looking for more witnesses
and material evidence to charge Yorrys Raweyai of the Pemuda
Pancasila youth organization for his alleged role in a series of
crimes.
A reliable police source told The Jakarta Post yesterday that
Yorrys is believed to have been involved in a great number of
crime cases in the city. Due to limited evidence and several
problems police are unable to disclose what the cases are at this
point.
Among significant barriers faced by the police is the presence
of a number of high-ranking officers who backed Yorrys up on
account of strong financial support from him.
When contacted for further confirmation, City Police spokesman
Col. A. Latief Rabar refused to comment. "Just ask the chief
directly," he said.
The Post's source, however, refused to describe any of the
crimes currently being investigated by the city police which
allegedly involve Yorrys, who has been in police custody since
Monday for his suspected role in plotting the torture of a male
servant which lead to his death last year.
Earlier, City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochammad Hindarto
acknowledged that Yorrys might also be involved in another case
which has yet to be proven.
"Based on a preliminary investigation, we found no evidence of
his role in the murder of (the controversial ex-convict) Johny
Sembiring," the one-star general told the Post in Bogor on
Tuesday.
Sembiring was found dead with severe wounds to his body after
he and his driver were kidnapped in a small village in Bogor two
months ago. His driver, Tumiran, was released by the unidentified
kidnappers.
In custody
A number of the youth organization members, including Yorrys'
lawyer Ruhut Sitompoel and an executive of the organization's
North Jakarta branch office, Gunung Hutapea, are in City Police
custody for their alleged role in the beating of the late
servant.
Yorrys' brother, Roberto, wanted for questioning, is still at
large.
"I know that he (Roberto) was the one who severed the
servant's ear," said the source who declined to be identified.
Police initially believed that under the support of the other
suspects, Yorrys plotted the torture of 23-year-old servant
Djasman in September last year for allegedly kidnapping and
killing the two-and-a-half-year-old son of his employer who is
the secretary of the North Jakarta chapter of Pemuda Pancasila.
"Now is a good time for the police to arrest him in a bid to
further ease the public fear created by this man and his
fellows," the source said.
He said he appreciated the City Police Chief and the Armed
Forces (ABRI) Commander for their strong support in ignoring the
intense wave from certain parties asking for the release of
Yorrys.
"We absolutely believe that many people are feeling happy and
comfortable with his arrest," he added.
In a related development, another source at the City Police
Headquarters said that Yorrys was rushed to the Police Hospital
in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, yesterday morning. As of last night
no further details of his illness or whereabouts could be gained
from the police or hospital.
Beng Seng
Informed sources said that the police might also look for
evidence to charge the day-to-day chairman of the Golkar-
affiliated youth organization for his alleged role in the murder
of businessman Nyo Beng Seng last April.
Beng Seng, alias Darmansyah Suyadi, 57, an operator of
gambling dens and pubs, was fatally stabbed on April 15 by a
group of at least four masked men in the yard of his second
wife's house on Jl. Pluit Kencana Raya 128, North Jakarta.
But, the sources said, the detectives need to spend more time
and manpower to prove it. (bsr)