Retired general's son caught with drugs, gun
Retired general's son caught with drugs, gun
JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta Police detectives arrested the son
of a retired Army lieutenant general for possession of guns
without a legal permit and possession of drugs on Wednesday
morning, officers said.
Sources at the West Jakarta Police and the Jakarta Police
identified the suspect as Haryogi Maulana, the son of former
State Intelligence Coordinating Body chief Lt. Gen. (ret) Zaini
Azhar Maulani.
After questioning the suspect for several hours, the West
Jakarta Police, who in August last year stunned the public by
announcing the arrest of the son of an active four-star Army
general for possession of drugs, handed over Haryogi and all the
evidence in his case to the Jakarta Police intelligence unit on
Wednesday afternoon.
"We seized an unloaded AK-47 with serial number 4857 and its
magazine, a Colt Walther number 271759 loaded with bullets and a
small packet of white powder," a West Jakarta Police source said.
As in many criminal cases involving well-connected suspects,
none of the police officers were willing to give their names.
Neither Maulani, also a former chief of the Tanjung Pura
Military Command in Kalimantan, or any of the suspect's other
relatives could be reached on Wednesday for comment.
A housemaid, Lestari, who works for one of Maulani's relatives
living in the retired lieutenant general's house, could only
confirm that Haryogi Maulana was the son of Maulani.
According to a police source, Haryogi was arrested on the 10th
floor of a star-rated hotel in West Jakarta at about 2 a.m. on
Wednesday.
The arrest was made by officers of the Tamansari subprecinct,
the source added.
"When they found out who he was, the local officers then
handed over the suspect to the West Jakarta Police," the source
said.
Before being transferred to Jakarta Police Headquarters,
journalists were allowed to see Haryogi.
The suspect, looking pale and dejected, refused to speak to
the press, and none of his relatives who were present were
willing to answer questions.
Separately, Col. Saleh Saaf of the National Police information
unit said that Maulani, now 61, was known as a "very clean" Army
general.
The grandfather of 12 served as an expert staff member for
former minister of research and technology B.J. Habibie.
When Habibie was elected vice president, Maulani was appointed
his secretary, later becoming Habibie's personal assistant when
Habibie was named president. (ylt)