Watch your wallets, cell phones...

Watch your wallets, cell phones...

JAKARTA (JP): Those interested in observing what's happening
on the streets around Jakarta would be well advised to watch
their wallets.

A number of nimble-fingered pickpockets have joined the crowds
of students and civilian vigilantes -- and they're having a field
day.

At least two cellular phones were spirited away in separate
locations around the Proclamation Monument on Jl. Proklamasi in
Central Jakarta. One person who lost his phone managed to save
his wallet, but another unfortunate soul had both her cell phone
and wallet stolen.

One foreign reporter said six or seven of his fellow foreign
journalists had also lost their cell phones. (anr)