Students held for extortion

Students held for extortion

The Makassar police subprecinct in East Jakarta detained six
students for allegedly extorting money and valuables from public
bus passengers, a police report said on Friday.

The six were among 20 students arrested on Thursday after
police received reports from bus passengers that the boys had
threatened them with sharp weapons on Thursday afternoon.

According to the report, the six were held for further
questioning because police found them in possession of sharp
weapons.

The public bus was P9 Mayasari Bakti, plying the Bekasi-
Kampung Rambutan route.

Several bus passengers reported to a local police post at the
Taman Mini Indonesia Indah intersection immediately after a group
of high school students who had been riding on the bus began
extorting money and other valuables from the passengers.

Police officers moved fast and managed to apprehend the
students, who were not far from the police post. --JP