Police wrap up Depok graft case

Police wrap up Depok graft case

JAKARTA: The police revealed on Thursday that they have
apprehended three people suspected of producing pirated compact
discs at a plant in the Nusa Indah storage compound in Tangerang.

"In a single cycle of production, they could produce over
35,000 compact discs," Adj. Sr. Comr. Agung Sabar Santoso,
deputy chief of city police detectives for special crimes.

Agung said the suspects, identified as SP, EM and BS, were
directors of PT KMC, which owns the plant.

Police also seized 25,000 pirated CDs as well as seven
duplicators.

The suspects claimed they duplicated CDs as requested by
pirate CD traders in Glodok, West Jakarta.

"People working in the production to distribution chains do
not know each other. They used certain secret codes to
communicate their transactions," Agung said.

Police estimate that the piracy has caused losses to the state
of up to Rp 200 million.-- JP