Scam artist arrested for theft

Scam artist arrested for theft

TANGERANG: A bogus journalist was arrested by the police on
Tuesday for allegedly stealing a cellular phone in a public
minivan near Cimone bus terminal in Tangerang municipality.

The 18-year-old victim, Dwi Widiyanti, said that she and a
friend were in the public minivan when the suspect, identified as
Lister Manalu Sidikalang, 31, got in.

"As soon as the man sat down, he massaged my knee. He then did
the same thing to other passengers while distributing brochures
for alternative therapy," said the first-year college student.

She said after he got off the minivan right in front of a
department store in Cimone, she realized that her cellular phone
she put in her pocket was missing.

She and her friend then got off the minivan and looked for
Lister. When they found him, he denied having stolen her cellular
phone, saying that he was a journalist from a weekly tabloid and
showed them a press card.

"Let's go to the police, I am not afraid," the victim quoted
the suspect as saying.

The argument had attracted many people, who then became angry
and wanted to attack the man.

By coincidence, a traffic police officer passed by and took
the suspect to the police headquarters.

After being interrogated, the suspect then admitted to
stealing the cellular phone, which he then passed on to his three
colleagues, who were dressed like office workers, in the
minivan.--JP

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City studies monorail proposal
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City to study monorail proposal

JAKARTA: The city administration plans to carefully study a
proposal from a Malaysian firm, M Trans Holding, which expressed
its wish to construct a monorail project to help ease the chronic
problems of the city transportation.

Assistant to the city secretary for development affairs Irzal
Djamal said he expected to receive this weekend the feasibility
report, which will become the basis for the issuance of a
concession permit to the Indonesian Transit Central (ITC) by
Governor Sutiyoso.

ITC is the consortium which will manage the project.

Irzal said that he was tasked by the governor to study the
feasibility document to see whether the project could be
integrated with the overall plan for the transportation system
being developed by the city administration.

"One of the things that is important to us is the price for
passengers, and whether the price is feasible for the average
Indonesian," Irzal said.

The Malaysian firm is prepared to invest Rp 3.28 trillion
(US$400 million) in the first stage of the project, including the
construction of stations.

The company plan to construct the monorail connecting Bekasi
and Tangerang, passing through the city, including Jl.
Casablanca.--JP