Students nabbed for stealing bird

Police in Ciracas, East Jakarta, have arrested two youths, a high school student and his unemployed friend, who had allegedly stolen a bird from the bird enclosure at the Indonesian Miniature Park (TMII).

Eman, 17, a student of a nearby senior high school, and his accomplice, Daruloh, 19, are now being detained at the Ciracas police subprecinct on Jl. Raya Bogor.

With the help of police dogs, the two were nabbed on April 21, one day after they stole the bird from its huge doom-like cage in the recreation park, which is managed by First Lady Tien Soeharto.

Police said Monday the suspects were believed to have climbed up a wall and cut the cage open with a pair of scissors. (bsr)