Retired general supports police probe of son

Retired general supports police probe of son

JAKARTA (JP): The city police have received the support of the
family of Lt. Gen. (ret) Z.A. Maulani in its investigation of
Maulani's son, who was arrested on Wednesday, an officer said.

Haryogi Maulana, the son of the former chief of the State
Intelligence Coordinating Body, was arrested in a hotel in West
Jakarta for possession of drugs and weapons without a permit.

Jakarta Police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi said on Thursday the
family had not asked the police to give special treatment to
Haryogi.

"The family has not told me anything, except that they support
the police investigation," Nurfaizi said.

Haryogi was arrested by West Jakarta Police detectives in the
early hours of Wednesday. The suspect was found in the possession
of an unloaded AK-47, serial number 4857, and its magazine, a
loaded Colt Walther, number 271759, and a small packet of white
powder believed to be a drug.

Shortly afterward, the police announced the arrest and the
suspect's family connections.

After questioning the suspect, the West Jakarta Police
transferred Haryogi and all the evidence in his case to the
Jakarta Police intelligence unit.

The support voiced by Maulani and his family for the police
investigation is something of a surprising attitude here.

In many cases involving powerful and well-connected suspects,
there is perceived interference in the police investigation.

Nurfaizi said his men were probing the source of the AK-47
found in Haryogi's possession.

"We are trying to find out where Haryogi got the AK-47.
Whichever name comes out, we'll investigate that person.

"We need to find where those weapons came from, and who used
them before they got into the hands of Haryogi," the newly
appointed city police chief said.

Nurfaizi also urged the public not to politicize the arrest of
Haryogi.

Separately, South Jakarta Police chief of detectives Maj.
Rycko Amelza Daniel said on Thursday his officers had arrested
the son of a police colonel, along with four of his associates,
for the possession and use of shabu-shabu (crystal
methamphetamine). The five suspects were arrested in a rented
room in the National Police housing complex on Jl. Pengadegan
Utara Raya in Pancoran on Wednesday.

Rycko said one of the suspects, Rudi Nur Farid, 23, was the
son of an active colonel at National Police Headquarters.

"We didn't care. We caught this boy and his friends in a drug
party. We could not let them go," Rycko said.

However, he declined to give the name of the suspect's father.

Rycko identified the other four suspects as security guard
Daud bin Yahya, 32, Ali bin Sumardi, 32, Solihin Daeng Tutu, 23,
and Taslih, 26.

According to Pancoran Police chief Maj. Sutanto, the rented
room was frequently used for "drug parties".

"The times for the drug parties were also set ... they used to
use it like some hotel room. Between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., and then
between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., and last at about 7:30 p.m.," Sutanto
said.

Separately, South Jakarta Police detectives fired on and
wounded a former Army officer on Sunday night. The former
officer, a suspected drug dealer, was shot at his residence on
Jl. Pengadilan Timur in Pancoran.

Police found 4.9 grams of pure heroin and at least 10 packets
of putauw (low-grade heroin) in Muhayat's home. (ylt)