Two arrested for extortion

Two arrested for extortion

JAKARTA (JP): Two high school students were arrested on
Saturday for allegedly extorting money from Metromini bus
passengers in the Pasar Minggu area, a South Jakarta Police
spokesman said.

The head of the Pasar Minggu police station, Capt. Arief S.,
said the two, identified only as Gun and Rus, were arrested by a
plainclothes officer while they were extorting money from five
junior high school students on the bus plying the Ragunan-Blok M
route.

"The policeman confiscated Rp 7,500 (68 U.S. cents) in cash
from the two suspects," Arief was quoted by Antara as saying.

He explained that the arrest was made following an increase in
plainclothes patrols on public transport vehicles over the last
two weeks in anticipation of an increase in crimes targeting
passengers. (hhr)