Tommy, where are you?

I could hardly contain my laughter watching the police search for Tommy all over the city, this time using high-tech equipment to detect whether Tommy is hiding underground. Equipped with such devices, Sr. Superintendent Harry Montolalu who led the search expressed his optimism to capture Tommy.

There were a few funny and odd things that I noticed: * As usual, the search was attended by the press and widely broadcast by TV stations. It looked like a TV commercial in a promo campaign for a new product. * The Police should in fact undertake the search discreetly. An undertaking such as this with prior notice given to the press or public could in many cases have a negative result, as experienced in many bomb threat calls. The real explosions were those that occurred without advance notice. * The over-optimism of the police seemed to demonstrate that they had not forgotten their prime target.

I dare bet that the above search was another "planned" failure. So, what's next? Hire more sophisticated equipment, perhaps AWACS or ask some assistance from U.S., British or Israeli intelligence?

Y. LUCAS

Jakarta