Weekly Crime Roundup: 'Aura Opening' Theft to Hanania Fraud Case

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Several criminal events that occurred over the past week remain compelling to revisit, including police apprehending a jewellery thief who used a ‘ritual buka aura’ (aura opening) modus in West Jakarta, and actress Davina Karamoy being questioned as a witness in the Hanania fraud case. Lawyer Refly Harun, representing Roy Suryo and Doctor Tifa, lodged a strong protest against the Polda Metro Jaya General Criminal Investigation Directorate’s arrest and detention of his clients. Harun deemed the police action unprofessional, arguing the case concerning alleged defamation and slander over the authenticity of a former head of state’s diploma falls within a legal grey area and remains debatable. Actress Davina Karamoy complied with a summons from Polda Metro Jaya to provide testimony as a witness in the alleged fraud case involving the umrah travel agency Hanania Group. Her attorney, Julius Irawansyah, stated that his client was cooperative and answered around 30 questions regarding her role, having been invited to provide endorsements. Police examined the driver of a school bus following an accident that resulted in the death of a tenth-grade student from SMA Negeri 6, identified by the initials NAEP. The student fell from a motorcycle after it got caught on a cable and was subsequently run over on Jalan Lauser, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. Police apprehended a thief who used a ‘ritual buka aura’ (aura opening ritual) and promises of basic food supplies to target a 67-year-old victim, identified as TW, in the Kalideres area of West Jakarta. The suspect, identified as AF (48), was arrested in Batuceper, Tangerang City, less than 24 hours after committing the crime. Officers at the Class I State Detention Centre (Rutan) in Central Jakarta thwarted two attempts to smuggle drugs into the facility in a single day. The drugs were concealed in cough medicine bottles and hidden by a female visitor in her hair bun.