PPP chairman's house robbed

PPP chairman's house robbed

BOGOR (JP): A group of robbers ransacked the house of Hamzah
Haz, chairman the United Development Party (PPP) in Kebon Pedes
of Tanah Sareal district, North Bogor in the wee hours on
Wednesday.

Hamzah's son, Mulya, said the robbers broke through the window
on the side of the house.

"They took a television set and a cassette player from a Land
Cruiser jeep," 27-year-old Mulya said, adding that the robbers
probably fled the scene in a hurry before sunrise and didn't have
an opportunity to steal other valuable items.

Hamzah Haz -- former minister of investment for president
Habibie and former coordinating minister of people's welfare and
poverty eradication under President Abdurrahman -- and his family
only learned about the incident later in the day.

Neighbors said that the night before the incident they saw a
car loaded with five men circling around Hamzah's house several
times.

"We became suspicious but we never expected any robbery to
happen," a local said.

North Bogor Police quickly investigate the case, deploying
Police Dog K-9 Unit and taking prints from the scene.

The officers, however, refused to comment when asked for
further confirmation. (21/edt)