Policeman shoots hoodlum dead

Policeman shoots hoodlum dead

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta police arrested a low-ranking
police officer who shot to death a hoodlum following a clash
between them in Bongkaran prostitution complex in Tanah Abang,
Central Jakarta, early on Monday morning.

The incident took place at around 1:30 a.m., when hoodlum
Sundah knocked on the door of Gustina, a prostitute, to ask for a
daily "security fee" that she had not yet paid.

Gustina told Sec. Brig. Hasan, her boyfriend, who was staying
at her house, and both men became involved in an argument.

Hasan allegedly shot Sundah in his chest as the latter
attempted to attack him with a machete. Sundah died immediately
at the scene.

Sundah was sentenced to one year imprisonment due to his
involvement in the bombing of Ramayana department store on Jl.
Sabang, Central Jakarta, in 1999.

He reportedly became the gang leader in Bongkaran after East
Timorese notorious hoodlum Hercules had left the area last year.
-- JP