Street racer shot by police deputy chief

JAKARTA: A member of a motorcycle club, Juhardi Anhar, 33, was hit, apparently, by stray bullets fired by Tanah Abang Police deputy chief, Adj. Comr. Paidi, 47, on Sunday at 1 a.m.

Juhardi was with other members of the club allegedly getting for an illegal street race on Jl. K.H. Mas Mansyur in Central Jakarta, when a group of police officers from the Tanah Abang subprecinct arrived to disperse the crowd.

According to the police version of events, the crowd ignored the order to disperse, so Paidi took out his gun and fired into the air to warn the defiant motorcycle racers.

Somehow, at least two bullets hit Juhardi in his left leg. He was taken to the Mintohardjo Navy Hospital in Central Jakarta and his condition was not deemed to life-threatening.

Paidi himself was detained by the city police internal affairs division for questioning. -- JP