Police return Tommy's cars

Police return Tommy's cars

JAKARTA: Police have returned six cars belonging to Hutomo
"Tommy" Mandala Putra that were seized as evidence during
criminal investigations into the former fugitive.

City Police Spokesman, Sr. Cmr. Anton Bachrul Alam, said that
the vehicles, which were confiscated by police from an automotive
workshop in Kebon Jerok last September, were not related to
Tommy's cases.

The vehicles -- a Timor Jeep, a caravan, two golf carts and
two Toyota Celica racing cars -- were handed over to Tommy's
lawyer, Elza Syarief.

The police raided the workshop last September as part of its
efforts to arrest Tommy, who went on the run after the Supreme
Court sentenced him to 18 months in jail for corruption in
November 2000.

During the raid, the police confiscated 10 cars, but four of
them apparently belonged to other customers of the workshop. --
JP