Police seek four men involved in rape case
Police seek four men involved in rape case
JAKARTA (JP): As of yesterday, police were still looking for
four men believed to be involved in a rape case on Tuesday in the
Puncak resort area, West Java, City Police spokesman Lt. Col.
Bambang Permantoro said.
Three girls, identified as Di, 23, Ri, 17, and Er, 16, were
reportedly raped and beaten on Tuesday after they accepted an
offer from four men to drive them home after a chance meeting on
Jl. Melawai, South Jakarta.
East Jakarta police chief Lt. Col. Miyanto said on Thursday
that the girls were not taken home but actually driven to the
Puncak resort area where they were taken to a hostel and raped.
Early the morning the victims were taken to a cemetery in East
Jakarta where they were again raped.
Local police found the girls in separate places around the
cemetery in the morning, one of them with cuts to her back. One
girl was found in the Christian section of Pondok Rangon cemetery
while the other two were found one kilometer further away,
Miyanto said.
One of the victims was found lying unconscious at the
cemetery, where she had been thrown from the car after she had
been beaten. The other two were released by their captors and
later related their fate to a passerby, Miyanto said.
Police know the type of car used by the abductors, Miyanto
said, who added that the girls had been taken to the Kramat Jati
Hospital, East Jakarta, where they were treated.
Bandit
In a related development, the city police are planning to
start a massive operation against criminals in Greater Jakarta,
code named Operasi Bandit 1995 (Operation Bandit 1995), soon.
City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Dibyo Widodo said on Wednesday
that the operation was aimed at preventing and fighting crime in
the capital city, especially during the upcoming celebrations of
the golden anniversary of Indonesia's independence on Aug.17.
"Police will be holding many operations to make sure that
security in and around the city is fully under control during the
upcoming golden anniversary," Dibyo said.
According to Dibyo the operation is a follow-up of earlier
ones, such as Operasi Kilat Jaya Emas, Operasi Rutin Kawasan
Tertib Lalu Lintas, Operasi Bajing Loncat, and Operasi Zebra
Emas.
During the current Operation Zebra Emas, which was launched on
Aug.1, 4,067 violators have been ticketed.
City police spokesman Bambang said most of the violators
disobeyed traffic signs, particularly along selected roads in
"traffic order" zones.
"The number of traffic violators shows that police are getting
close to meeting the target of netting 1,500 violators per day,"
Bambang said.
During the operation, scheduled to last 60 days, a total of
1,823 personnel from various institutions will be deployed. (01)