Police nab five alleged kidnappers

Police nab five alleged kidnappers

JAKARTA: The police have arrested five suspected members of a
group that had kidnapped junior high school students in the
capital and Depok over the past few months, an officer said on
Monday.

The suspects, Budi, Wawan, Toni, Joni and Yusmanti, were
arrested last week at a house in Bintaro, South Jakarta, and
admitted to their involvement in last month's kidnapping of
Michael, 13, and Fajar, 13, in Depok.

"Earlier, they had kidnapped Naufal Hasan, 12, at Plaza
Bintaro," Jakarta Police detectives chief Sr. Comr. Mathius
Salempang said.

The police had earlier arrested another suspect, Lydia, for
her alleged involvement in the abduction of two students early
this month in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.

"The five claimed they were not related to Lydia, but we found
out that both groups used the same bank accounts under the names
of Asmil and Yusmanti," Salempang said, adding that police were
hunting down other members of the group. -- JP