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