Police's services

In one of your articles recently there were complaints to the effect that the police are reluctant to follow up reports on criminal acts if we do not pay them some fees. Of course, they (the police public relations officers) would deny such allegations.

It is my hope that under the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono all irregularities prevailing in the police services to the public can be addressed satisfactorily.

Without any intention of underestimating police competence in handling various crimes, I would like to raise my own problems that have been put aside for quite some time.

In Pandeglang, West Java, I was cheated by a notorious swindler. In fact this criminal has succeeded in cheating hundreds of people, but he managed to get away from police custody every time he was caught.

He has not been detained, because according to the police, he had moved to Bandung and conducts his business there. Strangely, the police in Pandeglang did not ask the assistance of the Bandung Police to arrest the man. Eight months have elapsed since I reported the case in April, 2004.

The second case is that a Chinese businesswoman from Jakarta, the owner of Karya Prima Furniture in Jelambar, West Jakarta. She stole my company's property, which she knew very well belonged to me. Although I reported the case about six months ago, the police have not yet been able to arrest her.

I doubt the professionalism of the police.

DIDIER MUSTAPHA Jakarta