Police to arrest Yorrys for another case

Police to arrest Yorrys for another case

JAKARTA (JP): Police have announced that they plan to arrest
Yorrys Raweyai of the Pemuda Pancasila youth organization, wanted
for his alleged involvement in the mysterious death of a male
servant last year. Yorrys is currently believed to be in "hiding"
in Singapore.

The servant is believed to have kidnapped and killed the two-
and-a-half-year-old son of his employer, Cornelius Simandjuntak,
the secretary of North Jakarta chapter of Pemuda Pancasila in
September last year.

The head of the General Affairs Unit of the Crime
Investigation Directorate at the City Police Headquarters, Lt.
Col. Gregorius Mere, told The Jakarta Post and Republika
yesterday that Yorrys, the day-to-day chairman of the
organization, is believed to have played a role in the servant's
death.

"Several weeks ago we were waiting for his arrival from Dili,
East Timor, at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in order to detain
him," Mere said. "But we learned that he had probably first
snuffed out our plot and then decided to get off the plane, most
likely during a stopover in Denpasar."

Yorrys was in Dili with Pemuda Pancasila Chairman Yapto
Suryosumarno to attend the inauguration ceremony of the
organization's branch office.

"But we only saw Yapto get off the plane," Mere said.

The servant, identified as Djasman, 23, is believed to have
kidnapped Simandjuntak's son, Jonathan, on Sept. 7 and to have
killed the boy on the next day by tightening a strap around the
little boy's neck. Jonathan's dead body was found by passer-bys
in a school ditch in Depok, a suburb southeast of Jakarta.

On Sept. 11, police announced that they arrested the suspect,
who confessed about the killing because he was angry with his
employer's brother for always reprimanding him. At that time,
police claimed that Djasman was caught at around 9.30 p.m. while
sleeping in an open corridor at a department store near the Pasar
Minggu terminal in South Jakarta.

Almost one month later, on Oct. 8, police announced the death
of the servant on Oct. 1 at the Police Hospital in Kramat Jati,
East Jakarta. Police told reporters that Djasman died due to
severe injuries incurred before the arrest. Police said the
servant was already seriously wounded and was missing one of his
ears when he was transferred into police custody by a group of
people who found and reported the sleeping suspect in Pasar
Minggu.

"With his death, the Depok kidnap-murder case must be closed
as stipulated by law," City Police spokesman Lt. Col. A. Latief
Rabar said at that time. He refused to comment on allegations
that the servant had been "borrowed" by personnel of Pemuda
Pancasila "to teach the suspect a lesson."

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Based on preliminary investigations, Mere believed that
Yorrys, an influential figure of the youth organization with ties
to the ruling Golkar political party, has played a part in
Djasman's death.

Mere gave no further details about the police investigation.

In addition to his alleged role in the servant's murder, the
West Jakarta District Court has also asked police to bring Yorrys
to his next court date, when he is to be tried on gambling
charges. He has failed to appear before the court twice, claiming
ill health.

According to Mere, Yorrys has probably moved from since his
last stop in Denpasar, afraid to show up in Jakarta.

According to informed sources, Yorrys is now believed to be in
Singapore accompanying his ailing child.

"Don't worry, I think we'll get him soon," Mere pledged
without giving any details about his personnel's new plan to
arrest the suspect. (bsr)