Tito questioned over Tommy's impounded cars
Tito questioned over Tommy's impounded cars
JAKARTA (JP): Police have questioned Pratikto "Tito" Prayitno
Singgih, a son-in-law of former president Soeharto, in connection
with a recent raid on an automotive workshop, during which police
seized cars believed to belong to his fugitive brother-in-law
Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra.
City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said on
Monday that Tito, the husband of Tommy's younger sister Siti
Hutami "Mamiek" Endang Adininingsih, was questioned late on
Friday at West Jakarta Police Headquarters following information
given by the workshop owner who said Tito entrusted the cars to
him.
"I don't know the answers given by Tito to the police but he
was definitely questioned on those matters," Anton said.
As it was earlier reported, the police raided Reza Jaya Motor
81 automotive workshop late on Wednesday and confiscated seven
cars, which were said to belong to Tommy.
Tito arranged a deal with Hardjuni, the workshop owner, to
place Tommy's cars at his property located on Jl. Pahlawan, Kebon
Jeruk, West Jakarta since 1997. Hardjuni was paid Rp 6 million
(US$667) per month for the service.
In correcting previous figures, Anton said that, of the seven
cars impounded during the raid, detectives identified six of them
as belonging to Tommy, while the other one was owned by a retired
army general.
The cars have been taken to Jakarta Police Headquarters as
evidence.
"The cars are registered under the name of Cucu S., who works
at Hardjuni's workshop. Cucu has been questioned and admitted
that he used to work in an automotive technical team for Tommy,"
Anton explained.
The six cars include two golf vehicles, a Lamborghini jeep,
two sedans and a truck.
The police raided the workshop late on Wednesday night after
receiving a tip-off from nearby residents claiming that they had
often seen Tommy entering and leaving the workshop.
In their manhunt for Tommy, the police have launched
crackdowns on various properties and carried out numerous search
operations but to no avail.
Their latest raids on Thursday on units believed to belong to
Tommy at Taman Anggrek Apartment in West Jakarta and Kemayoran
apartments in Central Jakarta to locate the most-wanted fugitive
ended empty-handed.
Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Sofjan Jacoeb had said that
the police would reevaluate their manhunt for Tommy on Sept. 12,
but did not say whether the operation would be continued.
Chief detective of the Jakarta Police Sr. Comr. Adang Rochana,
confessed on Wednesday of being very tired of searching for
fugitive Tommy, as they had used all their resources during the
unsuccessful manhunt, which had lasted for more than 10 months.
Tommy has been on the run since November last year when he was
sentenced to 18 months in jail for graft connected with a land
exchange deal between his company PT Goro Batara Sakti and the
State Logistics Agency (Bulog). (emf)
JAKARTA (JP): Police have questioned Pratikto "Tito" Prayitno
Singgih, a son-in-law of former president Soeharto, in connection
with a recent raid on an automotive workshop, during which police
seized cars believed to belong to his fugitive brother-in-law
Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra.
City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said on
Monday that Tito, the husband of Tommy's younger sister Siti
Hutami "Mamiek" Endang Adininingsih, was questioned late on
Friday at West Jakarta Police Headquarters following information
given by the workshop owner who said Tito entrusted the cars to
him.
"I don't know the answers given by Tito to the police but he
was definitely questioned on those matters," Anton said.
As it was earlier reported, the police raided Reza Jaya Motor
81 automotive workshop late on Wednesday and confiscated seven
cars, which were said to belong to Tommy.
Tito arranged a deal with Hardjuni, the workshop owner, to
place Tommy's cars at his property located on Jl. Pahlawan, Kebon
Jeruk, West Jakarta since 1997. Hardjuni was paid Rp 6 million
(US$667) per month for the service.
In correcting previous figures, Anton said that, of the seven
cars impounded during the raid, detectives identified six of them
as belonging to Tommy, while the other one was owned by a retired
army general.
The cars have been taken to Jakarta Police Headquarters as
evidence.
"The cars are registered under the name of Cucu S., who works
at Hardjuni's workshop. Cucu has been questioned and admitted
that he used to work in an automotive technical team for Tommy,"
Anton explained.
The six cars include two golf vehicles, a Lamborghini jeep,
two sedans and a truck.
The police raided the workshop late on Wednesday night after
receiving a tip-off from nearby residents claiming that they had
often seen Tommy entering and leaving the workshop.
In their manhunt for Tommy, the police have launched
crackdowns on various properties and carried out numerous search
operations but to no avail.
Their latest raids on Thursday on units believed to belong to
Tommy at Taman Anggrek Apartment in West Jakarta and Kemayoran
apartments in Central Jakarta to locate the most-wanted fugitive
ended empty-handed.
Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Sofjan Jacoeb had said that
the police would reevaluate their manhunt for Tommy on Sept. 12,
but did not say whether the operation would be continued.
Chief detective of the Jakarta Police Sr. Comr. Adang Rochana,
confessed on Wednesday of being very tired of searching for
fugitive Tommy, as they had used all their resources during the
unsuccessful manhunt, which had lasted for more than 10 months.
Tommy has been on the run since November last year when he was
sentenced to 18 months in jail for graft connected with a land
exchange deal between his company PT Goro Batara Sakti and the
State Logistics Agency (Bulog). (emf)