Security guard to get award for foiling robbery attempt
Security guard to get award for foiling robbery attempt
JAKARTA (JP): City Police plan to present an award to the
security guard at the Egyptian embassy who lost two fingers on
his left hand in a fight with men attempting to rob a woman
passerby on Saturday night.
Central Jakarta Police Chief Lt. Col. Abubakar Nataprawira
said on Monday that the 66-year-old security guard, M. Dasir, was
slashed in the head and fingers by one or more of five hoodlums
on Jl. Penataran Ujung, Menteng district, in Central Jakarta as
he tried to prevent the men from robbing the woman, a supermarket
employee.
"We will give him money and a certificate in appreciation of
his boldness in fighting robbers," Abubakar said.
He said that police have identified the hoodlums. "We are
hunting them. I hope the men will be arrested soon," he said.
Dasir, who was riding his bicycle from his home on Jl.
Pegangsaan in Central Jakarta to the embassy on Jl. Teuku Umar,
also in Central Jakarta, stopped as he saw the woman being
surrounded by the five men. Dasir asked the men not to disturb
the woman.
Enraged by Dasir's request, the men slashed Dasir's head and
cut his fingers with machete. Some of them took Dasir's bicycle
to escape. Dasir was left lying on the ground.
Passers-by and local residents rushed the victim to the Cipto
Mangunkusumo General Hospital. Police found the bicycle not far
from the scene of the crime.
Dasir told reporters in his residence yesterday he appreciated
the plan to give him an award.
"I'm proud and thankful to the police. I helped the woman
merely because, as a human being, I should help her," he said.
The father of 11 children said if he gets money from the
police he would spend it for his hospital treatment of Rp 200,000
(US$85.1). "I borrowed that much money from a neighbor to pay the
hospital," he said.
Asked whether the embassy would help him pay the bill, he
replied, "I don't think the embassy will pay the hospital bill
for me."
He said he earns Rp 140,000 a month take-home pay, adding that
he has been working for the embassy for 10 years and six months.
"For an old security guard, the amount is enough. I can't get
another job," said the grandfather of 18 grandchildren. (jun)