Policemen nabbed for extortion

Policemen nabbed for extortion

TANGERANG: Tangerang Police arrested on Tuesday two of five
police officers assigned to West Jakarta Police headquarters and
a civilian on charges of extortion.

Tangerang Police chief Sr. Comr. I Ketut Untung Yoga
identified the three suspects as Brig. ANB Sulaiman, 42, Second
Adj. Brig. Sunaryo, 48, and Untung Subandri, 40, a resident of
Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta.

The three other officers are still on the run.

Yoga said the five officers and Subandri went to the home of
businessman Jimmy Wijaya on Jl. M Toha on Monday at 2:30 p.m. in
an Isuzu Panther, dragged him into the car while threatening him
with their guns and asked for Rp 50 million (US$5,952).

Jimmy, head of PT Shinta Pertiwi's warehouse in Kapuk, West
Jakarta, had earlier been accused of embezzling the company's
money. He gave them Rp 10 million and promised to pay the
remainder at his house on Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Police were waiting for the culprits at the appointed time and
place and immediately placed them under arrest. -- JP