Thieves away with Rp 500m

Thieves away with Rp 500m

BOGOR (JP): Police detectives are on the lookout for five men
who made away with Rp 500 million (US$58,800) worth of cash,
gold, diamond jewelry, and other valuables, during a Friday
midday armed robbery at a private residence in the Villa Duta
housing complex, East Bogor.

One of the victims, Kungkung, 80, said there were seven people
at his residence, including himself and his three grandchildren,
when the robbery occurred.

"At about 11 a.m. on Friday, five unidentified people arrived
in two cars at our residence, pretending to be delivering a
package from a man named Chang Chung from Semarang," Kungkung
told reporters.

"I didn't know anybody by that name, so I refused to open the
door to the men."

Sometime later, the five men arrived again, dressed as
officers of the state-owned electricity company PLN, and said
that they wanted to repair some electrical cables.

"This time I let them in, and they immediately produced a
sickle, a machete and a revolver... all of these (weapons) were
pointed at me," Kungkung said.

The robbers tied up Kungkung and the six others who were in
the house, before locking them in a bathroom and warning them to
stay quiet.

The people who were bound were identified as maids Enung and
Umi, Kungkung's grandchildren Laura, 16, Michael, 7, and Amanda,
14, and the gardener Sumadi, 45.

Kungkung said that the robbers made away with US$10,000,
S$1,000, 75 grams of gold and diamond jewelry, a handycam, a
computer, a laser disc player, a mobile phone and a pair of
shoes. (21/ylt)